A manual containing information respecting the growth of the mulberry tree
Subtitle: with suitable directions for the culture of silk. In three parts
By: by J.H. Cobb, A.M.
Contributors: Smithsonian Institution
Edition: 4th edition enlarged.
Publisher: Weeks, Jordan and Company
Published: 1839
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Mulberry; Sericulture; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Cobb's manual; Cobb's silk manual
Notes: Signatures: [1]⁸ 2-10⁸ 11⁴ (leaf 3+chi1).

Publisher advertisements on half title verso and p. 1-2 (4th sequence).

Errata on p. [1] (last sequence).

LC copy has inscriptions on front paste-down ("S: N.J. 728[?]") and front flyleaf ("pt .. by J.F. Collon[?], April 23rd 1845"). Stamp of National Institute (not identified) on half title page. "S.I" penciled (red) on t.p.

LC copy provenance: Smithsonian deposit. Has engraved bookplate on front paste-down with call no. penciled in.