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BON, Dissertation sur l'utilité de la soye des araignées, 1748
BON, François Xavier.
Dissertation sur l'utilité de la soye des araignées.
Avignon, Franc. Girard, 1748.
8vo (193x120 mm), 111 pages. binding : XIXth century full paper. Binding slightly rubbed.
Latin-French edition.
François Xavier Bon de Saint Hilaire (1678-1761), president of the Chamber of Accounts of Languedoc, entered history for his interest in the use of spider silk as a textile fiber. It is reported that he presented Louis XIV with a garment entirely woven with spider silk.
references: Christine Reynaud-Athenor ["De soie ou de toile : les utilisations des fils d'araignée européenne, océanienne et malgache", 2003].
provenance: Bookplate Pierre Lambert.
Price : 250 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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