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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

An essay on culinary poisons : containing cautions relative to the use of laurel-leaves, hemlock, mushrooms, copper-vessels, earthen jars, &c. with observations on the adulteration of bread and flour, and the nature and properties of water.

Accession number
PML 199096
Creator
Robertson, J. (Joseph), 1726-1802, attributed name.
Published
London : Printed for G. Kearsly, at no. 46, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXI [1781]
Credit line
Jamie Kamph in honor of the Morgan's Centennial,
Description
45 pages ; 21.4 cm
Notes
With a half-title.
Anonymous. Attributed to Joseph Robertson. Cf. Blake.
"Remarks on the adulteration of bread and flour" extracted from a treatise "On the nature of bread, honestly and dishonestly made", published in 1757, by James Manning, M.D.--
Binding
Full green goatskin, applied goatskin onlay, embossing, and gold tooling; silk brocade covered clamshell box. Binding and housing by Jamie Kamph.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed name partially visible in upper right corner of half-title recto; cut off when text block was trimmed.
Provenance
Gift of Jamie Kamph in 2024.
Classification
Century
Department