Three Thousand Receipts. The American Receipt Book, Complete Book of Reference; Containing Valuable and Important Receipts

Wright, A. S.

Published by Lindsay & Blakiston, PHILADELPHIA, 1844

About this Item

Brown hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Valuable and important receipts for cookery, pastry, preserving, pickling, confectionary, distilling, perfumery, varnishing, chemicals, dyeing, and agriculture, for practical use by the manufacturer, tradesman, agriculturist or housekeeper. Many receipts never before in print in this country. Some of the topics covered are: Preventing Abortion, Preparing Animal Food, Antidote for Arsenic, Cure for Asthma, Bath Temperatures, Improving the flavour of Beer, Rendering Water-Proof Boots, Candy from Sugar, Colic in Children, Ointment for Sore Eyes in Dogs, Pain in the Ear, Preserving Eyesight, French Marble for Books, Ice Cream, Preventing Night-mares, Pills for Painful Menstruation, Gathering and Preserving Roots, To Clean Satin and Silk, Strawberry Wine, Toilet Soap, Vegetable Rouge for Complexion, and Water-proof Cloth. 359 pages. Cover soiled with bumps and chips to corners and spine ends. Moderate foxing to pages. Some light professional work on hinges. Scarce title. (Scans available upon request.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # G4439

Bibliographic Details

Title: Three Thousand Receipts. The American ...

Publisher: Lindsay & Blakiston, PHILADELPHIA

Publication Date: 1844

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good