Fermented Liquors: A Treatise on Brewing, Distilling, Rectifying and Manufacturing of Sugars, Wines, Spirits, and all known Liquors, including Cider and Vinegar. Also, Hundreds of Valuable Directions in Medicine, Metallurgy, Pyrotechny, and the Arts in Ge
by Feuchtwanger, Lewis
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About This Item
New York: Published by the Author, 1858 First edition. Small octavo. Pp. 215, [1, ads). A few woodcut diagrams of distilling apparatus. Index. Publisher's gray-green embossed cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover. Light foxing throughout, head of spine slightly frayed, small spot to lower front cover. A very good, complete copy. "The author, a 'practical chemist' from New York, provides information on a variety of alcoholic beverages" (Gabler). [Gabler, Wine into Words: G20130, p.132]..
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- Title
- Fermented Liquors: A Treatise on Brewing, Distilling, Rectifying and Manufacturing of Sugars, Wines, Spirits, and all known Liquors, including Cider and Vinegar. Also, Hundreds of Valuable Directions in Medicine, Metallurgy, Pyrotechny, and the Arts in Ge
- Author
- Feuchtwanger, Lewis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- Alchohal, Liquors, Fermenting, Distilling, Distillation, Brewing, Wine, Spirits, Cooking, Food,
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