[Trade Catalogue – confectionery; Vydra & Bohuslav (Prague); Reimann, J.]

Preiskatalog der Firma Vydra & Bohuslav, Prag-II. Florenz. Jahrgang XI., Nro. 1. Prag, Juni 1909; [includes:] Praktische Winke, fur Konditore, Lebzeltner und verwandte Gewerbe.

Prague: Vydra & Bohuslav, 1909.

Tall quarto (31 x 17 cm.) 216 [8] pages. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and photographic reproductions. Index. FIRST EDITION. A combination trade catalogue and recipe collection, both for confectioners, gingerbread makers, and candy manufacturers. The catalog contains illustrations of different types of ice cream spoons (scoops), ice cream molds, molds for marzipan, molds for small pastries, and packing and ornamental paper, and also all of the equipment, large and small, for fine cake and confection work. Decorative elements are included, such as small gnomes. The recipes at the rear are credited to J. Reimann, editor of the Austrian Confectioner's journal. In the front matter and again at the rear, the company states that this will be the last large-format catalogue they will issue, and that price updates will be offered in the future, so this illustrated catalogue should be held for future reference. ~ Internally clean and bright. Original gray linen decorated and titled in black and white, with an attractive image of a young confectioner presiding over a stand mixer while holding an elaborate sugar sculpture on a tray. The catalogue appears to have lived on a kitchen shelf, with perhaps a book and a canister upon it, as there is a dark stain (smoke?) which has made a rectangle and circle design on the front panel. Otherwise, very good or better. Scarce. [OCLC locates no copies of any catalogue of this firm].

Price: $350.00