The Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts:; Being a Compendious Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, and Amateur.

London: John Churchill, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 281 pages. 20 x 13 cm. A guide to remedies of all shapes and sorts by a chemist who believed that most previous recipe books were not written simply enough to be utilized by general audiences, and who wished to change that. "... the principal aim [of this book] has been to render it as extensively useful as possible, and to place within the reach of every one, the means of meeting the increased competition in trade, which has contributed for some years to reduce prices, and consequently profits, much below a fair and remunerating standard." It contains a plethora of basic and not so basic remedies and their make up. Light foxing and creasing on some pages, spine missing 2 cm. at head. Brown embossed cloth covered boards. Good. Item #3201

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