Earliest Modern Mention of Glued Linen Armor?

[Sean Manning]

Right, I mean why would that reputable 19th century author apply that information specifically to the ancients?

Wearing the Cloak is an excellent book by the way and everyone should have a copy.

It seems that most of these scholars thought that linen armour was 'a single thing' and if they found one way of making it, that was the way it was made everywhere. Whereas we know of at least three kinds: the kind from many layers stitched together, the kind stuffed with rags or raw cotton, and the twined kind. The kind stiffened with salt and vinegar might be a fourth, but I would like a better source, because this could be the equivalent of "Gaulish swords are only good for one cut and then they bend" or "those Japs fly tin cans and are blind in the dark."