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[005209] Accum, Fredrick. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons, Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spirituous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Etc. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. Second Edition. 12mo. Hardback. Good. [1], 2-12pp; [3], ii-xxiv, [1], 2-360pp. Original decorative boards, later rebacked with title blocked in white

Worn to corners, slightly chipped to edges, internally lightly browned, with sporadic very light foxing, bottom corner of Q⁷ and Q⁸ missing (not affecting text), generally fairly bright and clean. Twelve page publisher’s catalogue bound before text

The second edition of Accum’s Treatise on Adulterations, published in the same year as the first

Vicaire, page 2; Wellcome II: 11