Des Americanischen Seidebauers Anweisung. Oder die Kunst den Maulbeer-Baum und die Seide zu ziehen. Nach dem System von Mehreren aufeinander folgenden Ernten während einer jeden Jahrszeit…

Important German guide for Pennsylvania-German silk growers

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First German edition of an influential American guide promoting mulberry cultivation and silk production among Pennsylvania’s German-speaking communities. Mulberry trees and American silk culture were notably promoted in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where this German-language issue found a ready audience. The first edition was published in English in Boston in 1835 as The American Silk Grower’s Guide and this enlarged edition, translated from the English by Joel Schelly, contains material not found in the English editions. An illustration of a silk spinning machine appears on the book’s lower cover and again within the text at page 60.

A Massachusetts native, Kenrick (1789–1872), described by the DAB as “one of a small group of nurserymen who laid the foundation of the fruit industry of the present day,” built on his father’s pioneering work in American nurseries.

Price: $350.00