Author: [Arts]
Title: Valuable Secrets in Arts, Trades, &C. , Selected from the Best Authors. And Adapted to the Situation of the United States
Description: New York, Published by Evert Duyckinck, 1809. Hardcover. 380pp + 18pp index. Contemporary full sheepskin with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes sections on the art of engraving; on metals; on the composition of varnishes; on manufacturing glass; on colors and painting; on gilding; on casting in moulds; on the secrets of wine, liquors and essential oils; on the confectionary business; on the art of preparing snuff; on taking out spots and stains; on distilling and on brewing. Also includes essays on domestic and rural economy, agriculture, medical receipts and more. Lacks title page. Several owners' names on endpapers and flyleafs, leather is well worn, text block is foxed throughout. A fair copy. Sabin 98401. ; Octavo. .

Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN, NON-FICTION, AMERICANA, TRADES, ARTS, BREWING Antiquarian Americana


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