The reformed Virginian silk-worm, or, A rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easie means, found out by a young lady in England, she having made full proof thereof in May, anno 1652 : for the feeding of silk-worms in the woods, on the mulberry-tree-leaves in Virginia ... : and also to the good hopes, that the Indians, seeing and finding that there is neither art, skill, or pains in the thing : they will readily set upon it, being by the benefit thereof inabled to buy of the English (in way of truck for their silk-bottoms) all those things that they most desire.

Author/creator Hartlib, Samuel
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by J. Streater, for G. Calvert, 1655.
Description2 p.l., 40 p. ; 20 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
General noteTitle within border.
General note"To the reader" signed: Samuel Hartlib.
General noteA reprint, with additions, of "A rare and new discovery of a speedy way [etc.]" London, 1652. Also reprinted as pt. 2 of the author's "The reformed commonwealth of bees", London, 1655.
General noteIncludes letters by "V.F., gentleman", Edward Diggs and John Ferrar and verses by Ferrar and Du Bartas.
General noteBound in mottled calf with gilt line tooling, by Zaensdorf.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
General noteSabin no. 30700.
References RLIN, CTRG10095893-B
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other titleA Rare and new discovery ...
LCCN 06012518 //r