Identifier: 2574027RX2.nlm.nih.gov
Title: Traité de la culture du nopal, et de l'éducation de la cochenille dans les colonies françaises de l'Amérique: précédé d'un voyage a Guaxaca (Volume 2)
Year: 1787 (1780s)
Authors: Thiéry de Menonville, Nicolas-Joseph, 1739-1780 Arthaud, Charles. "Éloge de M. Thiery de Menonville Cercle des Philadelphes
Subjects: Carmine Coloring Agents Beetles Vegetables
Publisher: Au Cap-Français (i.e. Bordeaux?) : Chez la veuve Herbault ... À Paris: Chez Delalain, le jeune ... & à Bordeaux : Chez Bergeret ...
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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/_/-, - <tui.k -il Traite de la Culture du Nopal. Volumes 1 and 2. Thiery de Menonville Paris: 1787 National Library of Medicine Bethesda, MD 20894 CONDITION ON RECEIPT: The two full leather laced-in bindings were wom anddeteriorated. The spines were split, and parts of theleather were missing. The joints and internai hingeswere broken. The sewing was broken in places, and thetext blocks had broken in two. Most of the pages wereflexible but were dirty, discolored, and slightly acidic.Many were foxed. Two folded plates in the back ofvolume two were hand colored; some colors were verysoluble in water. The reds had transferred to facingpages. Some colors were smeared. The exterior pageswere marked with graphite pencil and stamp inks. Someinks might feather or fade slightly in water. TREATMENT PROVIDED: The pH was recorded before and after treatment: before5.0, after 7.0. The volumes were collated and disbound.The inks were tested for solubility. The head, ta.il, and

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