BONNET, Valère. Précis d'analyse microscopique des denrées a - Lot 71

BONNET, Valère. Précis d'analyse microscopique des denrées alimentaires: caractères, procédés d'examen, altérations et falsifications. Published in Paris by J.-B. Baillière in 1890. In octavo / In-8 paperback. VIII-200 pages, with 20 off-text chromotype plates, and 163 figures in the text. Spine cracked, reinforced with adhesive tape. First edition of this microscopic analysis of foodstuffs by Valère Bonnet, which provides methods for verifying the purity and composition of food products. It is illustrated with 20 chromotype plates showing cross-sections of various foods (cocoa, tea, wheat, cinnamon, mustard...) and 163 B&W figures in the text. Clean inside. Partly uncut copy.