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L'art de l'indigotier / Par M. de Beauvais.

Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat and other utensils for indigo. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.

Pigments: mills for grinding colours, and a man grinding at a muller, with a ventilator hood above. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

Dyeing: vats and cauldrons for extracting indigo. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

La Chine : son histoire, ses ressources / Louis Strauss.

Traité sur le pastel et l'extraction de son indigo / Par m. Giobert.

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Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.

La Chine : son histoire, ses ressources / Louis Strauss.

Traité sur le pastel et l'extraction de son indigo / Par m. Giobert.

Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

L'art de l'indigotier / Par M. de Beauvais.