Author: KAUFFMAN, C. H. Title: Dictionary of Merchandise, and Nomenclature in All Languages; for the
Description: 1805. [KAUFFMAN, C. H.] THE DICTIONARY OF MERCHANDISE, AND NOMENCLATURE IN ALL LANGUAGES; FOR THE USE OF COUNTING-HOUSES: CONTAINING, THE HISTORY, PLACES OF GROWTH, CULTURE, USE, AND MARKS OF EXCELLENCY, OF SUCH NATURAL PRODUCTIONS, AS FORM ARTICLES OF COMMERCE; WITH THEIR NAMES IN ALL EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1805. First American edition. vii [9-] 368 pp. 8vo. calf with gilt leather spine label. Both boards detached, missing backstrip save label, boards worn. First and last blank pages have small closed tears at edges. Moderate foxing, paper browned. Entries include galangal, dragon's blood, coral, cod-fish, tea, quicksilver, etc. .
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