¶ Homassel — Cours théorique et pratique (1807)

Homassel. Cours théorique et pratique sur l’art de la teinture. 2nd ed. Paris: Courcier, 1807.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 30 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 29247/B).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 558.

Digital version: Gallica.

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¶ Delormois — Le nouveau teinturier parfait (1769)

Delormois. Le nouveau teinturier parfait. 2 vols. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1769.

The Wellcome Library (which owns only vol. 2) describes this as from the 1898 Sotheby auction, but the book does not appear in that catalogue, probably because it is concealed under “and others,” such as in lot 432.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, perhaps lot 432. — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / A 34108/A).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 606.

¶ Fulhame — Essay on combustion (1794)

Fulhame, Mrs. An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting. Wherein the phlogistic and antiphlogistic hypotheses are proven erroneous. London: printed for the author by J. Cooper, 1794.

On creating goldwork cloth.

Provenance: James Louth, Jr. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, unknown lot (sold to Henry Wellcome). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 515.

Digital version: Internet Library (Morris copy).

¶ Rosetti — Plictho de lárte de tentori (1540)

Rosetti, Gioanventura. Plictho de lárte de tentori che insegna tenger panni telle banbasi et sede si per lárthe magiore come per la Comune. Venice: Rampazetto, 1540.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Nicolas Yemeniz. — Yemeniz sale, Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, 29 April–7 May 1867, lot 1099 [HathiTrust]. — Morris (purchased for £15). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 886 (sold to Hardie [?] for £7 10s.). — National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum (87.C.118).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 47 (£3). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 3 (£15). — MS catalogue (2), no. 33 (with two X’s beside the title).

Note in MS catalogue (1): “2 wood-cuts.”

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Chevreul — Leçons de chimie appliquée à la teinture (1829–30)

Chevreul, M. E. Leçons de chimie appliquée à la teinture. 2 vols. Paris: Pichon et Didier, 1829–1830.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 755.

¶ Hellot — L’Art de la teinture des laines (1750)

Hellot, Jean. L’Art de la teinture des laines, et des étoffes de laine, en grand et petit teint, avec une instruction sur les débouillis. Paris: La veuve Pissot, J. T. Hérissant & Pissot, Jr., 1750.

Morris signature, 1877.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 432 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 1s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / A 28238/A).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 14.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Favier — Nouvelles recherches (1806)

Favier, Barthélemy. Nouvelles recherches sur le perfectionnement de l’art de la teinture. Paris: Lerouge jeune, 1806.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 432 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 1s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 22303/B).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 605.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Bevan — British manufacturing industries (1876)

Bevan, G. Phillips, ed. British manufacturing industries: hosiery and lace, carpets, dyeing and bleaching. London: Edward Stanford, 1876.

Vol. 6 of a 15-volume set published during 1876 and 1877. Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 127.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

¶ Packer — Dyer’s guide (1816)

Packer, Thomas. The dyer’s guide, being an introduction to the art of dying linen, cotton, silk, and wool, silk and muslin dresses, furniture, &c. &c. London: printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 574.

Digital version: Google [badly digitized].

¶ d’Apligny — L’art de la teinture (1798)

d’Apligny, Le Pileur. L’art de la teinture des fils et étoffes de coton.Paris: Servière, 1798.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 432 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 1s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / A 33136/A).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 73.

Digital version: Wellcome Library (Morris copy).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Macquer — Art de la teinture en soli (1763)

Macquer, Pierre Joseph. Art de la teinture en soli. [Paris?], 1763.

Signature of Morris. Large paper. Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 788 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 17s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 34793/D).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Homassel — Cours théorique et pratique (1809)

Homassel. Cours théorique et pratique sur l’art de la teinture en laine, soie, fil, coton, fabrique d’indienne en grand et petit teint. Paris: Courcier, 1809.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 30 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 29248/B).

Reference: MS catalogue (2) no. 222.

Digital version: Google.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Berthollet — Éléments de l’art de la teinture (1804)

Berthollet, Claude-Louis. Éléments de l’art de la teinture. Avec une description du blanchiment par l’acide muriatique oxigéné. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Paris: F. Didot, 1804.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 30 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 13478/B).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 132.

Digital versions: HathiTrust. — Internet Archive (Morris copy).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Leuchs — Traité complet des propriétés (1829)

Leuchs, Johann Carl. Traité complet des propriétés, de la préparation et de l’emploi des matières tinctoriales et des couleurs. Trans. Eugène Péclet. 2 vols. Paris: Mahler, 1829.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 30 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 15s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 33340/B).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 286.

Digital versions: Google. — HathiTrust.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Merrifield — Original treatises (1849)

Merrifield, Mary P., trans. Original treatises, dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth centuries on the arts of painting, in oil, miniature, mosaic, and on glass; of gilding, dyeing, and the preparation of colours and artificial gems. 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1849.

Provenance: Morris (purchased for 16s.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 637 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

References: MS catalogue (1), fol. 16r. — MS catalogue (2), no. 158.

Digital versions: HathiTrust.

 

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Hellot — Art of dying wool (1789)

Hellot, Jean, Pierrie Joseph Macquer, and Lepileur d’Apligny. The art of dying wool, silk, and cotton. London: printed for R. Baldwin, 1789.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 19 (sold to Hazlitt for £1). — Unlocated.

References: ESTC (T136829). — MS catalogue (2), no. 189.

Digital versions: ECCO. — Internet Archive.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Haigh — Dyer’s assistant (1787)

Haigh, James, trans. The dyer’s assistant in the art of dying wool and woollen goods, extracted from the philosophical and chymical works of those most eminent authors, Ferguson, Dufay, Hellot, Geoffery, Colbert, and that reputable French dyer Mons. de Julienne. York: printed by Crask and Lund for R. Baldwin, London, and R. Spence, York, 1787.

Haigh was a “late silk and muslin dyer, Leeds.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 46 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B  27224/B).

References: ESTC (T124853). — MS catalogue (2), no. 607.

Digital versions: ECCO. — Internet Archive (Morris copy).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Vallencey — Art of tanning (1774)

[Vallencey, Charles, ed.] The art of tanning and currying leather, with an account of all the different processes made use of in Europe and Asia for dying leather red and yellow. London: reprinted for J. Nourse, 1774.

Editor’s preface signed “C.V.” (Charles Vallencey).

Provenance: Morris. — Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 46 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 20967/B).

References: ESTC (T101500). — MS catalogue (2), no. 72.

Digital version: ECCO.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Bancroft — Experimental researches (1813)

Bancroft, Edward. Experimental researches concerning the philosophy of permanent colours, and the best means of producing them, by dyeing, calico printing, &c. 2 vols. 2nd ed. London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 201 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 19s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 12123/B).

Digital version: HathiTrust (vol. 2).

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Grace-Calvert — Dyeing and calico printing (1876)

Crace-Calvert, Frederick. Dyeing and calico printing: including an account of the most recent improvements in the manufacture and use of aniline colours. Ed. John Stenhouse and Charles Edward Groves. Manchester: Palmer & Howe; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1876.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 201 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for 19s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 831.

Digital version: Google.

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Sotheby 1898:

¶ Crookes — Dyeing and tissue-printing (1882)

Crookes, William. Technological Handbooks. Dyeing and tissue-printing. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 46 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 8s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 125.

Digital version: HathiTrust.

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