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 Info | London : Printed by J. Streater, for G. Calvert, 1655. |
| Description | 2 p.l., 40 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Title within border. |
| General note | "To the reader" signed: Samuel Hartlib. |
| General note | A 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 note | Includes letters by "V.F., gentleman", Edward Diggs and John Ferrar and verses by Ferrar and Du Bartas. |
| General note | Bound in mottled calf with gilt line tooling, by Zaensdorf. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| General note | Sabin no. 30700. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG10095893-B |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | A Rare and new discovery ... |
| LCCN | 06012518 //r |