The draper's dictionary: a manual of textile fabrics : their history and applications

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First edition in book form; originally published in bits and pieces in the Warehouseman and Draper’s Trade Journal. “Despite its limitation in the number of words included, William Beck’s Draper’s dictionary (1882) is invaluable for its references to the use made of materials over long periods of time. Editors of the Oxford English Dictionary relied extensively on Beck’s work.” Florence Montgomery, Textiles in America, p. 380. (Charles Wood, cat. 167, # 99)