Thursday, April 19, 2012

1892 The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book - Several Thousand Recipes - Victorian Fine Binding

THE TECHNO-CHEMICAL RECEIPT BOOK:
CONTAINING SEVERAL THOUSAND RECEIPTS, COVERING THE LATEST, MOST
IMPORTANT AND MOST USEFUL DISCOVERIES IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR APPLICATION
IN THE ARTS AND THE INDUSTRIES
ILLUSTRATED BY 78 ENGRAVINGS

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ STUNNING VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN ~

THOUSANDS OF RECIPES AND FORMULAS ~ DISTILLERY ~ PERFUMERY ~ MAKING OF: BEER, WINE, FIREWORKS, TOBACCO, SNUFF, PERFUME, GLUE, EXPLOSIVES, TEXTILES, CLEANSERS, ELECTRO-PLATING, MEDICINES, CHOCOLATE, BITTERS, SOAP, GUNPOWDER, LEATHER TANNING, DYEING, ETC ***

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1892.
• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• original red hardcover publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• floral patterned endpapers
• illustrated with numerous engravings
• 495 pages, indexed + book ads

This book is available for sale in my Ebay store.  Please click here to go to the item page.

This book is available for sale in my Ebay store.  Please click here to go to the item page.