Frederick Accum: " A Treatise On Adulterations Of Food " 1st Edition, London 1820
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7010308 | Year Printed: 1820 |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition |
"A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons, exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spirituous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, And Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy and Methods of Detecting Them."
Frederick (Friedrich) Accum, Operative Chemist. First Edition. London, 1820. Printed by J. Mallett, 59, Wardour Street, Soho. Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, P...aternoster Row.
Unusual original decorated paper cover with snakes, spider webs, and skull and crossbones on both covers. Cover worn, particularly the spine as noted in photos. Hinges still intact, covers are attached. Signed by Accum's daughter, Flora Eliza Accum, with Spaniel bookplate. 372 pages. Some pages unopened. Foxing to the end paper and title page, as well as back few pages. Tinted aquatint vignette-title, woodcuts in the text. Rare, first edition.
Frederick (Friedrich) Accum, Operative Chemist. First Edition. London, 1820. Printed by J. Mallett, 59, Wardour Street, Soho. Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, P...aternoster Row.
Unusual original decorated paper cover with snakes, spider webs, and skull and crossbones on both covers. Cover worn, particularly the spine as noted in photos. Hinges still intact, covers are attached. Signed by Accum's daughter, Flora Eliza Accum, with Spaniel bookplate. 372 pages. Some pages unopened. Foxing to the end paper and title page, as well as back few pages. Tinted aquatint vignette-title, woodcuts in the text. Rare, first edition.
