1850-1900. Anniversary. About Vanilla

Boston: Published by the Joseph Burnett Company; Press of Mipps & Knight Co, 1900. Octavo in stiff boards (19.5 x 14.5 cm.), 44, [4] pages. Illustrated in black and white. Title page printed in red and black. FIRST EDITION. A handsome promotional book about the vanilla plant and vanilla extract sold by the Joseph Burnett Company, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the firm and promoting Burnett's Vanilla Extract. The book contains three sections: "The Plant: Its Habitat and History," "Its Culture," and "Its Curing" with information on the vanilla plant, (truncated) or the vanilla orchid; its countries or regions of origin; and the cultivation and curing processes of vanilla. Text at the end warns customers of unscrupulous door-to-door salespeople peddling fraudulent or low-quality vanilla extracts, advocates for grocers to carry only high-quality vanilla extract, and advertises Burnett's Vanilla Extract and Burnett's (edible) Standard Color Pastes. Internally fresh, clean, and sound. Original publisher's beige and green paper-covered boards titled and decorated in green and black on the front panel; no title to spine. Fine and rare thus. (Inventory #: 9901)