Manual of the Art of Making and Refining Sugar from Beets, Including the Cultivation of the Plant, and the Various Improvements in the Manufacture. Translated from Portions of the Treatise of M. M. Blachette and Zoega, as Published, with Additions by M. J. de Fontenelle
Published by March, Capen & Lyon, Boston, 1836
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Seller: Földvári Books, Budapest, HungaryFöldvári Books
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Condition: Used
US$ 2,030.56
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First American edition. In publisher’s half cloth, with printed panels. [2], 151, [1] p. and [1] large folding plates. First American edition of this uncommon book about beet sugar manufacturing. A translation of L.-J. Blachette and Frédéric Salvator Zoéga’s Manuel du fabricant de sucre et du raffineur (Paris, 1826). The large folding engraved frontispiece contains 12 views of the technical apparatus used in beet sugar manufacture. Scarce, on the market, Rarebookhub shows only two records (Charles Wood: 1969; 1982), WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide. . Binding rubbed, stained. Pages discolored except for the first and last quires. Otherwise in fine condition. In publisher’s half cloth, with printed panels.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Manual of the Art of Making and Refining Sugar from Beets, Including the Cultivation of the Plant, and the Various Improvements in the Manufacture. Translated from Portions of the Treatise of M. M. Blachette and Zoega, as Published, with Additions by M. J. de Fontenelle
- Author
- Blachette, L.-J.; Zoéga, Frédéric Salvator; Fontenelle, Julia de
- Publisher
- March, Capen & Lyon, Boston
- Publication year
- 1836
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana, Economics, First edition, Science
Földvári Books
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