TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS
1820
by ACCUM, Fredrick
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 270p. Small Octavo. Unbound Ex-library with perforated stamp to title which is chipped along the perimiters, though not affecting text. A controversial and pioneering work on food additives and poisons. As is. (Inventory #: 90005)