Dissertation Historique et Critique sur l'Origine du Cachou.

8vo. (224 x 147 mm) 56 pp. Uncut, wide margins, author's signature on the title-page. Pale red paper wrappers; some sun-fading to covers, spine chipped, pencil marking on cover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Very good. FIRST EDITION of this rare monograph on catechu, an extract of acacia and several other genus used in dyeing, tanning, manufacture of fibrous substances, and pharmacy. The author seeks to discover who first identified it and where it was first put to various uses. Catechu (also known as cutch, or cashoo) is an extract of any of several species of Acacia / but especially Acacia catechu / produced by boiling the wood in water and evaporating the resulting brew. The extract is an astringent and has been used since ancient times. When called cutch, it is a brown dye used for tanning and dyeing and for preserving fishnets and sails. [Wikip.] Dr. Pierre Joseph Amoreux was librarian of the medical school in Montpellier, where he published a great number of works on medicine, natural history and agriculture, including one of the earliest monographs on the cultivation of the olive tree. Wikip., "catechu". NUC cites one copy at Harvard. First Edition.

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Publisher: Renaud, 1812.

Year: 1812

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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