A Useful Guide for Grocers, Distillers, Hotel & Tavern-Keepers, and Wine and Spirit Dealers of Every Denomination; Being a Complete Directory for Making and Managing All Kinds of Wines and Spirituous Liquors …

BEASTALL, William

Published by Published by the Author, No. 49 Delancy-Street, New York, 1829

About this Item

8vo. xii, [13]-340 pp., errata slip affixed to front pastedown. Publisher's half cloth and boards, remnant of printed spine label; light wear and soiling to boards, sporadic foxing, tears to pp. 175-178 costing a few letters but not impairing legibility, a crisp, unsophisticated copy "Contains recipes for making about everything potable. The author promotes the domestic production of beverages so as not to be at the mercy of foreign powers" (Cagle). Includes sections on the making of artificial and imitation wines and spirits, brewing beer and cider, salting and curing meat and fish, pickling and preserving. A second edition, with modified title, was published in 1832.PROVENANCE: early ink signature of Anne A. Kimball on ffepREFERENCE: American Imprints 37732; Cagle 69; Gabler G12310; Rink 1504. Seller Inventory # 100609

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Useful Guide for Grocers, Distillers, ...

Publisher: Published by the Author, No. 49 Delancy-Street, New York

Publication Date: 1829

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First edition.