1858 WINE & LIQUOR MAKING. Early American Imprint to the Production of Wine, Moonshine, Home Brewing, etc.,
Rather desirable early American work on the manufacture of potable alcohol by a “practical liquor manufacturer,” including the history and science of distillation, and notes on the production of brandy, cognac, Bordeaux, Holland gin, rum, history of wines, port, champagne, sherry, ale, beer, American wines, whiskey, cordials, cider, etc., Includes recipes, etc.,
Anon. [By a Practical Liquor Manufacturer. The Bordeaux Wine and Liquor Dealers’ Guide. A Treatise on the Manufacture and Adulteration of Liquors. New York. Dick & Fitzgerald. 1858. 146pp + Catalogue [Of Books on Wines & Liquors].
This the copy of D. H. Lemmon, early Baltimore chemist and, presumably, home manufacturer.
Good – to fair only with losses to spine as shown and wear. That said, generally sound and clean, some toning throughout and the occasional minor stain. A corner turned here and there.
