Le Payen (charles-bruno) - Essay On Silk Mills And Description Of A Mill. 1767.

LE PAYEN (Charles-Bruno) - Essay on silk mills and description of a mill suitable for use alone in organsining and all silk twisting operations; Followed by five Memoirs relating to silk & Mulberry cultivation. Metz, Chez Joseph-Antoine, 1767; in-4, (4) + XXIV + 170 pp. + (2) pp., modern half-vellum binding with corners, smooth spine. Huzard, 3493. Favier, “Fonds Lorrain”, 10773. First edition. The beautiful engraved plates represent very detailed plans and elevations of mills. “The author provides the means to simplify, perfect and make less expensive the machines and operations relating to silk” (Musset-Pathay, 637). Le Payen [Metz, 1715 - 1782], French agronomist, became the king's procurator at the Metz Finance Office. He is the author of several agronomic works, printed in his hometown.