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189463280London: Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd. 1894. Thick 8vo. xvi 570 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. With 144 text woodcut engraved illustrations diagrams. Maroon-coloured publisher’s cloth embossed borders on covers gilt lettering on spine minor sunning to spine edgewear dustsoiling to upper fore-edge slightly shaken still VG copy from the library of James Warne Chenhall d. 1914 perhaps best remembered as the engineer who oversaw the construction and fabrication of the Anaconda Smelting Works in the Montana Territory in 1883 in the U.S. w/ ownership stamp on verso of ffep. First edition of this noted and exhaustive work on preparation and manufacturing of a variety of oils fats butters and waxes from animals and vegetables including explanations of a myriad of uses for beeswax cooking oils soaps for health & hygiene a myriad of oils for uses in perfumes and cosmetics and more. Wright 1844-1894 was the founder of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and perhaps best remembered as the first to synthesize heroin in 1874. Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., hardcover
187315570Roanne, Imprimerie Ferlay, 1873 ; in-32 (104 x 67 mm), broché ; 16 pp., couverture ocre, armes de Bresse au centre.
18848259Paris, Librairie Fischbacher, 1884. In-8 de [2]-VII-568 pages, pleine percaline rouge ornée du titre doré, fleurons, filets et roulettes dorés au dos et au premier plat, à froid au second. Rousseurs sur tranches, éparses dans le livre mais plus nombreuses aux premiers et derniers feuillets, coins et mors légèrement frottés, nom de possesseur sur garde.
