Original Trade Card - "L'art architectural. Style de la Renaissance. L'hotel Peller a Nuremberg. Veritable Extrait de viande Liebig."

Language: French

Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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Text is in French. Original trade card with a composite color illustration depicting examples of the Renaissance style including Hotel Peller (now known as Pellerhaus), a residence commissioned by Martin Peller in Nuremberg, Germany. Promotional text for Liebig's Meat Extract and a summary of the Renaissance style on back. No date, circa 1885-1910s. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2." Trade card is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. Trade card for Liebig's Extract of Meat Company that promotes its meat (beef) extract. The story of Liebig's began when German chemist Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) made a concentrated beef extract in 1847. Liebig promoted the extract as an economical way to consume beef. In 1865, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company was officially established in London. The beef extract became the company's signature product and achieved much popularity in middle-class European households by the 1860s. However, the extract's selling point as a beef substitute shifted to a flavoring ingredient when scientists proved the extract had little to no nutritive value. The company released more products over the years including the OXO brand bouillon cube in 1911. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, some trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.

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Title
Original Trade Card - "L'art architectural. Style de la Renaissance. L'hotel Peller a Nuremberg. Veritable Extrait de viande Liebig."
Author
Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
Condition
Collectible-Fine
Binding
No Binding
Language
French
Seller catalogs
Business and Finance, Cooking, Trade Cards

Barry Cassidy Rare Books

Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

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