[A Treatise on the Art of Preserving Fruits and Vegetables Hermetically].
Philadelphia: Chase & Town, Printer, 142 South Fourth Street, 1870. Booklet, sewn on cord (19.25 x 11.5 cm.), 12 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. Author and title information from wrapper cover. Second edition. A practical manual on preserving of fruits and vegetables using hermetically sealed glass jars with a threaded metal top. Two years earlier, the first edition of this booklet omitted the words "in the Gem and Hero jars" from the.....