By Joseph Adams
London   W. R. Loftus
7" by 4.5" [6], 131, 24pp.
A very scarce edition of this work all about malt: history, techniques, regulations, and laws.
By Joseph Adams

1871 The Maltster's Guide; Being a History of the art of Malting from the Earliest Ages; Also, A Description of the Various Systems of Malting; The Construction of Malthouse; Excise Regulations; And an Abstract of the Whole of the Malt Laws.

London   W. R. Loftus
7" by 4.5" [6], 131, 24pp.
A very scarce edition of this work all about malt: history, techniques, regulations, and laws.
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Early Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The new and revised edition of this very scarce work. The Maltster's Guide, comprising a complete guide to malt: its history, general notes, the malthouse, the different kinds of maltsters, the exportation of malt, and the whole law surrounding the malting trade. A very scarce and highly informative volume to those interested in the drinks trade.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart with slight edge wear and bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, Firmly bound. Inscribed in pencil by a previous owner, most probably a child, to endpapers and to the occasional leaf. The odd spot faint and minor spotting to the occasional leaf. With illustrations to rear.

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