An examination into the divisibility of the brin or ultimate fibre of the silk of Bombix Mori, or silk of commerce, and of some wild silks, with illustrations.
Sir Thomas Wardle (1831 - 1909)
Category
Books
Date
1908
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3201512
Summary
Bibliographic description
98, [2]; 47, [1] p., plates : ill., photographs ; 21cm. Provenance: loosely inserted note card imprinted "From Sir Thomas Wardle" between front endpapers, dated by hand "Oct 10/08" and inscribed: "To the Honble Lady Crewe [i.e. Isabel Adderley (1852-1932), m. Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, 1876] offered by Thomas Wardle as a slight acknowledgement of his gratitude for her very kind and valuable assistance in decorating the chancel of Warslow Church and for her sympathetic cooperation generally". Binding: Twentieth-century full green calf[?], single gilt fillet forming a border, gilt lettered on upper cover and spine. Marbled endpapers and gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Wardle (1831 - 1909), author Kate Milner, editor Società Anonima Cooperativa per la Stagionatura e l’Assagio delle Sete ed Affini