Photographs: Yeasts and Sediments. Magnification 600 diameters.
[New York: Wallerstein Laboratories; [album manufactured by E.B. Michaelman], circa 1900].
Small, post-bound photo album (15 x 18 cm.), [26] leaves. Illustrated with twenty-five original silver gelatin photographs; photographs are captioned in the photos, and the title page is itself a photograph. All photos "slotted-in" to stiff black paper. A photographic survey of "Yeasts and Sediments" associated with beer brewing. The microphotographs include Lager Yeast, Ale Yeast, Budding Yeast, Wild Yeast, Beer Sediment (various types), and more. Photos and post-bound album block are in very good condition; textured black leather is scuffed but sound. Gilt-stamped on the front panel, with the Wallerstein Laboratories name, and with the name of the recipient, "Rupert Berner", brewer. Unrecorded. [OCLC locates no copies].
Price: $1,500.00