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Les Merveilles de l Industrie ou description des principales industries modernes. Paris, Furne, Jouvet & Cie, [1873-1877]. 4 volumes in large 4to. I: (2)f + vi + 756p; II: (2)f + 731p; III: (2f + 684p; IV: (2)f + 739p. Text in 2 columns. 1394 steel engravings in the text, some full-page. Contemporary sheep-backed boards, backstrips gilt with morocco lettering pieces; joints worn. Encyclopaedia of French industry during the late 19th century offering a vast panorama of output with excellent illustrations. Volumes I-III deal with chemical industries: glass & crystal, pottery & porcelain, soap, soda & potassium, salt, sulphur, sugar, paper, wallpaper, leather, caoutchouc & gutta-percha, dyes, carbonated drinks, bleaches & bleaching, phosphor & matches, refrigeration and bitumen. Volume IV deals with agricultural and food industries: bread & flour, starch & pasta, milk, butter & cheese, wine, cider, beer, alcohol & distillation, vinegar, oils, tinned foods, coffee & tea. Hünersdorff, Coffee: A Bibliography, p510. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-6300840646
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