MARQUART, JOHN
Six Hundred Receipts, Worth Their Weight in Gold Including Receipts for Cooking, Making Preserves, Perfumery, Cordials, Ice Creams, Inks, Paints, Dyes of All Kinds, Cider, Vinegar Wines, Spirit, Whiskey, Brandy, Gin, Etc.
Philadelphia, John E. Potter and Company. 1867, Early Reprint. Embossed Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Printed on semi-acidic paper, with worn, uneven stereotyped plates, indicating a later printing; A worn copy, As-Is; End pages of original flat-brown paper are heavily worn and chipped, with the front free end paper clear-taped, with a large circular tear, with loss, at the fore edge; Green, blind-embossed binding, edge-worn and frayed at the spine extremities; Mildly faded spine titling in gilt; Boards are edge-worn with scuffed and frayed corners; Rear board has a matchbook-sized moisture stain along the lower third, adjacent the gutter; This is a book of 600 recipes for home made household products, including medicines for both animals and people; cleaning and preserving solutions, clothing dyes, hair and tooth products; wines, cordials, tinctures, varnishes, preserves and foods, and much more; 311p. plus 12 pages of publishers listings; Index in the front. Fair to Good.
Boeknummer: SB11975
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.25]
Trefwoorden: Recipes, Cooking Recipes, Alcohol Recipes, Preserves Recipes, Making Perfumes Cooking