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
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
Part First. Ancient history of Silk.
Chapter I. Spinning, dyeing, and weaving.
Chapter II. History of the silk manufacture continued to 4th century.
Chapter III. History of silk manufacture from the third to the sixth century.
Chapter IV. History of silk manufacture continued from the introduction of silk-worms into Europe, A.D. 530, to the fourteenth century.
Chapter V. Silk and golden textures of the ancients.
Chapter VI. Silver textures, etc., of the ancients.
Chapter VII. Description of the silk-worm, etc.
VIII. General observations on the Chinese mode of rearing silk-worms, etc.
Chapter IX. The spider.
Chapter X. Fibres or silken material of the Pinna.
Chapter XI. Fibres, or silken materials of the pine-apple.
Chapter XII. Mallows.
Chapter XIII. Spartum or Spanish Broom.
Part Second. Origin and ancient history of sheep.
Chapter I. Sheep's wool.
Chapter II. Sheep-breeding and pastoral life of the ancients, illustrations of the Scriptures, etc.
Chapter III. Sheep-breeding and pastoral life of the ancients, illustrations of the Scriptures, etc.
Chapter IV. Goats-hair.
Chapter V. Beavers-wool.
Chapter VI. Camels-wool and camels-hair.
Part Third. Ancient history of the cotton manufacture.
Chapter I. Great antiquity of the cotton manufacture in India, unrivalled skill of the Indian weaver.
Chapter II. Spinning and weaving, marvellous skill displayed in these arts.
Part Fourth. Ancient history of the linen manufacture.
Chapter I. Flax.
Chapter II. Hemp.
Chapter III. Asbestos.
Appendix A. On Pliny's Natural history.
Appendix B. On the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper.
Appendix C. On felt.
Appendix D. On netting
Notes:
Ascribed to Gilroy in Halkett and Laing; Bookplate of C.B. Farwell; Missing plates IV and X; Additional electronic version available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/historyofsilkcot1845gilr
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Gilroy, Clinton G. -- 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. -- New York : Harper & Brothers, 1845. -- xxii, 464 p., 10 leaves of plates : ill., 1 col. map 23 cm. -- Call number of original: NK8806 G34
