The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer by RACK, John - nd

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, nd. Fourth Edition, revised and corected. Hardcover. Good. vi, [1], 16-273, [7] p. 19 cm. B&w line drawings. Burgundy cloth. Spine fad3d and steaked. Spine ends softened, boards rubbed. Starting to crack at pp. 40-41.

A Practical Guide and Receipt Book for the Liquor Merchant. Being a clear and comprehensve 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 fermentaton, as practiced in Euope: Including complete instructions for manufacuturing champagne wine and the most approved methods for making a vaiety of cordials liqueurs, punch essences, bitters, and syrups together with a Number of Recipes for Fluing, Flavoring, Filtering, and Colouring Wines and Liquors and Instructions for Restoring and Keeping Ale and Cider. Also Containing the Latest Inprovements 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 Comparatives Scales, and Fourteen Important Rules for Purchasing, Reducing, and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, Etc. Illustrated with descriptive diagrams and engavings. The whole adapted for the use and information of the trade in the United States and Canada.