THE HISTORY OF SILK, COTTON, LINEN, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES;

INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON SPINNING, DYEING AND WEAVING.

ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF THE PASTORAL LIFE OF THE ANCIENTS, THEIR SOCIAL STATE AND ATTAINMENTS IN THE DOMESTIC ARTS.

WITH APPENDICES ON PLINY’S NATURAL HISTORY; ON THE ORIGIN AND MANUFACTURE OF LINEN AND COTTON PAPER; ON FELTING, NETTING, &C.

DEDUCED FROM COPIOUS AND AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

ILLUSTRATED BY STEEL ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET.

1845.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.