Author: PETIT, G.,
Title: Nouveau manual complet du Blanchiment du Blanchissage et du Dégraissage. Contenant Historique-But du Blanchiment-Produits servant au blanchiment-procédés de blanchiment, Blanchissage domestique et industriel, repassage, dégraissage, détachage. Orig. edn.
Description: Paris, Roret, 1908. 2 vols. 16°. Printed original wraps., (viii), 488; (1), 376pp. With tog. 174 text-ills. & figures, formulas in text, also ills. of machinery used. [Manuels Roret). Important french language manual on home- and industrial cleaning and bleaching of clothing (wool, cotton, silk, &c..) incl. a variety of detergents to be used, and formulas showing the chemical/natural components of detergents. for detergents in nineteenth century France. Good clean set. Scarce.

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