The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer

Nice condition, antique copy of "THE FRENCH WINE AND LIQUOR MANUFACTURER" by John Rack. Circa 1870's 4th edition (stated); Dick & Fitzgerald; New York. Illustrated with "descriptive diagrams and engravings." Here are a few examples of the contents: Infusion, Maceration, and Digestion; On Distillation and the Still; The Clarification of Liquids by Fining; Filter for Brandy; Oil of Cognac; Directions for Using the Hydrometer; To Remedy Ropiness in Wine; To Fine Port Wine; Turmeric; Nature of Acidity in Wine; Elderberry Juice for Making Port Wine; How to Prepare the Clarifying Cask; How to Make Cheap Wines; Hickory Nut Flavoring for Whiskey; Flavors Used in Making Rum; How to Prepare Mash; Punch Essences; Manufacture of Cordials; Bitters...and much more. There is an Index and a 13-page publisher's catalog at the back.

The full title is as follows: "A Practical Guide and Receipt Book for the Liquor Merchant being a Clear and Comprehensive Treatise on the Manufacture and Imitation of Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whiskey; With Practical Observations and Rules for the Manufacture and Management of all Kinds of Wine, by Mixing, Boiling, and Fermentation, as Practiced in Europe: Including Complete Instructions for Manufacturing Champagne Wine, and the Most Approved Methods for Making a Variety of Cordials, Liqueurs, Punch Essences, Bitters, and Syrups Together with a Number of Recipes for Fining, Flavoring, Filtering and Coloring Wines and Liquors, and Instructions for Restoring and Keeping Ale and Cider. Also Containing the Latest Improvements for Manufacturing Vinegar by the Quick Method. To Which is Added a Collection of Descriptive Articles on Alcohol, Distillation, Maceration, and the Use of the Hydrometer: with Tables, Comparative Scale, and Fourteen Important Rules for Purchasing, Reducing, and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, etc. The Whole Adapted for the Use and Information of the Trade in the United States and Canada."

Condition:
Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are clean with only a tear across the center of page 78 (from the outer edge to the inner edge - the tear has been secured with an old bookshop label affixed at each end. Old bookshop label affixed to the front pastedown, and at the outer edge of pages 77 & 78. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. (The book comes with a clear, protective sleeve over the covers - not shown.)