Reprint of the 1815 ed. published by E. Duyckinck, New York.

This is the complete reprinting of the 1815, greatly expanded, edition. In it the reader can find dye recipes for all shades and varieties of reds, blues, yellows, browns and blacks divided into dyes for woolens and dyes for linens and cottons, with examples of dyes for both hot and cold dye processes. Around 119 detailed recipes, the outcome of Bemiss' study and experimentation, and nearly all the dyes the home dyer could want to use. An appendix is added to the 1815 edition. Recipes for inks, dyes for feathers, miracle cures, recipes for beer and mead and other curiosities in the early dyers repertoire.