The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances For Several Years
by Appert,M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed For Black,Parry and Kingsbury. This is a Very Good Copy of this book finely bound in a full Tan Leather (Calf) Binding with black moroccan title label lettered in gilt to spine.There are five raised bands to spine with gilt title lettering in the 2nd compartment to spine,other compartments with decorative gilt designs and tooling.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.One former owner's bookplate to the front pastedown,with marbled endpapers.There is one ink name to top edge of the title page.One or two marks to the outer calf boards are noted.The book has a firm binding with no loose leaves etc.1812 Second Edition with attractive folding plate as frontispiece with figure drawings depicting methods for canning,bottling etc.This is a pioneering work on food and vegetable preservation for many years and written by this Frenchman and inventor of airtight containers and known as the Father of Canning and who was the founder of the first bottling plant in the world Small 8vo (xxv) 164pp Second Edition [1812] . Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 1812.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76912
- Title
- The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances For Several Years
- Author
- Appert,M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Printed For Black,Parry and Kingsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1812
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Food Preservation Canning Bottling Cookery
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANTIQUARIAN BINDINGS;
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About the Seller
Richard Thornton Books
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire
About Richard Thornton Books
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
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