Napier. Chemistry Applied to Dyeing. Henry Carey Baird : Philadelphia 1853. Hardcover, gold lettering on the spine. Blind stamping on cover. Bumping to head and foot of spine, also corners. Previous owner's signature and bookplate Octavo 429 pp text plus 24 pp advert.
"James was born in June 1810 in Partick, Glasgow the son of James Napier, a gardener, and Margaret Buchanan, a seamstress. He was apprenticed as a dyer and attended extra-mural classes in Chemistry at Glasgow University under Prof Thomas Graham. Napier made several important advances within industrial chemistry and lodged several patents." Wikipedia
Table of Contents include : General Properties of matter, Non-Metallic Substances, Metallic Substances, Mordants, Vegetable Matters Used in Dyeing, Proposed New Vegetable Dyes, Animal Matters Used In Dyeing