A Compleat Body of Distilling, Explaining the Mysteries of that Science, in A most Easy and Familiar Manner
L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, 1766. Hardcover. The second edition; misprinted at publication as published 'MDDCLXVI'; a previous owner inked in corrections for the actual printing date, MDCCLXVI, or 1766. 150 pages, with two-page index following. In later binding, half leather and marbled paper boards, marbled paper endsheets; light shelf-wear, points of fraying to corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Endsheets lightly foxed. Pages toned and very heavily foxed throughout, and dampstaining to bottom margin through about the first 30 pages; prior owner's name, and corrections as stated, inked at title page; underlining at title page and one instance in preface; text else clean. Used: Good. Item #BBS-2019754
Price: $750.00