C Books Printed in America Before 1870 Which Include a Section of Dye 



Recipes 



Aiken, Jesse. The citizen's tutor, containing a variety of valuable receipts for the cure of the dif- 

 ferent diseases of man and beast; also for colouring wool, cotton and hat. Mountpleasant 

 [Pa.?]: 1831, pp. 98-100. 



BiGELOW, Jacob, M. D. The useful arts considered in connexion with the applications of science 

 . . . Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1840, pp. 183-193. 



CuTBUSH, James. The American artist's manual, or dictionary of practical knowledge in the ap- 

 plication of philosophy to the arts and manufactures . Selected from the most complete European 

 systems, with original improvements and appropriate engravings adapted to the use of the manu- 

 factures of the United States. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, and R. 

 Fisher: 1814. (Dyeing, vol. 1.) 31 pp. 



Ein vortrejliches Krduter-Buch fiir Haus-Vdter und Matter, nebst etlichen auserlesenen Recepten. 

 Wie auch eine Anweisung zur Fdrbe-Kunst, Blau, Roth, Gelb, etc. zufdrben. (An excellent 

 herbal for fathers and mothers of families, including selected recipes. As also in- 

 structions for dyeing cloth blue, red, yellow, etc.) Hannover, Pa. : 1809. pp. 29-32. 



Encyclopaedia: or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ... 18 vols. 1st 

 Amer. ed. Philadelphia: 1798. (Dyeing: pp. 185-225; other entries under names 

 of individual dyestufFs.) 



FuLHAME, Mrs. An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting wherein 

 the phylogistic and antiphlogist hypotheses are proved erroneous. Philadelphia: 1810. 248 pp. 



The golden cabinet being the laboratory or handmaid to the arts. Containing such branches oj useful 

 knowledge, as nearly concerns all kinds of people from the squire to the peasant: and will 

 afford both profit and delight. Philadelphia: 1793. (Dyeing: part 2, pp. 113-122.) 



Krauss, Johann. Oeconomisches Haus- und Kunst-Buch, oder Sammlung ausgesuchter Vor- 

 schriften, zum Nutzen und Gebrauch fiir Land- und Hauswirthe, Handwerker, Kiinstler und 

 Kunst-Liebhaber . ^usammengetragen aus den besten Englischen und Deutschen Schriften. 

 (Home economics and art book or a collection of select recipes for the profit and use 

 of farmers and householders, artisans, artists and art lovers. Collected from the 

 best English and German sources.) Allentown, Pa.: 1819. 452 pp. 



Kurzgefasstes Weiber-Bilchlein, Welches sehr niltzUchen Unterricht fiir schwangere Weiber und 

 Hebammen enthdlt ; wie auch, die auserlesendsten Artzney-Mittel fiir alter Arten Krankheiten 

 Beyderley Geschlechts. Ferner: Eine Anweisung zur Fdrbe-Kunst, Blau, Roth, etc. zu Fdrben. 

 (Short book for women which contains useful instructions for pregnant women and 

 midwives ; also it gives the most select medicines for all kinds of diseases for either sex ; 

 Further: Instructions for the art of dyeing blue, red, etc.) n.p. 1818. 64 pp. 



Mackenzie, Colin. Mackenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts . . . 

 A new American, from the latest London edition. Philadelphia: 1831, pp. 81-92. 



A new collection of genuine receipts, for the preparation . . . and execution of curious arts and 

 interesting experiments. Concord, N.H.: Fisk and Chase, 1831, pp. 51-84. (Copies many 

 passages from Tucker [ca. 1830].) 

 Parker, M. The arcana of arts and sciences, or, farmers' and mechanics' manual; containing 

 a great variety of valuable receipts and useful discoveries; in the various departments of human 

 knowledge; many of which were never before published. Washington, Pa. : 1824. (Dyeing 

 pp. 88-118.) 

 Plattes, Gabriel. A discovery of subterranean treasure, viz all manner of mines and minerals . . . 

 also a sure way to try what colour any berry, leaf, flower, stalk, root, seed, bark, or wood will 

 give together with directions for making colours that shall not stain or fade. Philadelphia: 

 1792. pp. 21-24. 



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