PAYEN (Anselme). Traité complet de la distillation,... Lot 53

PAYEN (Anselme). Traité complet de la distillation, des principales substances qui peuvent fournir de l'alcool, vins, grains, beets, starch... Paris, Vve Bouchard-Huzard, 1858. In-8, bradel marbled paper boards, red title page, cover and spine (modern boards). (2) ff, 352 pp, 14 folding plates, 16 pp (publisher's catalog). First edition, illustrated with 12 fold-out plates and 35 illustrations in the text, of this treatise describing the raw materials used, the various fermentation and distillation techniques for wines, stills, eaux de vie... Spine faded. Oberlé, Fastes, 1107.