Jacob Christian Schäffers Doctors der Gottesgelehrsamkeit und Weltweisheit ... neue Versuche und Muster das Pflanzenreich zum Papiermachen und andern Sachen wirtschaftsnützlich zu gebrauchen. [With engravings.]
Schäffer, Jacob Christian,1718-1790.
Regensburg, : [s.n.],
1765[-1767]..
With specimens of paper and textile fabrics made from different materials. The samples, chiefly full-page, comprise specimens of paper made from various materials: down of the seeds of cotton grass, thistles and milkweed; stalks of thistles, burdock, mallow, orache and dyer's broom; pine wood and pinecones; wood and bark of wormwood; lily of the valley leaves; stalks, leaves and husks of maize; skin and pulp of potatoes; conferva; grapevines; asbestos; peat; mixtures of scraps from the various other experimental papers. Included also are 4 samples of cloth made from poplar seed down and 2 samples of lace made from aloe leaf fibers. Some samples in vol. 3 painted to show suitability of the paper for use as wallpaper, etc.
3 vols in 1, each vol has its own dated title page, vol. 2 is dated '1766' and vol. 3 is dated '1767'.
Coloured leaves in vol. 3 are interleaved with plain leaves of paper.
Includes bibliographical references.

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