Adopt-a-Book: Food-Drink
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How to Mix DrinksAdoption Amount: $3,000 Collecting and standardizing what had been until then a hodge-podge of oral traditions and regional customs, this was the first recipe book for mixed drinks published in the United States. Jeremiah Thomas (1830-1885) was a bartender who owned various saloons in New York City and worked in others in California (during the Gold Rush), St. Louis, Chicago, Charleston, and New Orleans. In this first edition of his book he established the recipes for popular cocktails of the day, including fizzes, flips, sours, punches, and many others; later editions provided the first written recipes for the... Read More |
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Noted Porcelains of Successive DynastiesAdoption Amount: $9,000 This color illustrated porcelain catalogue of Chinese culinary objects was compiled by the famous Ming art collector Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590). He was the first Chinese scholar to compile a catalogue of porcelains with colored illustrations. The manuscript was not published during Xiang’s lifetime. It was eventually acquired by the British scholar S.W. Bushell (1844-1908) who took it to London where it was lost in a fire. Fortunately copies of it had previously been made in China. John C. Ferguson (1866-1945) studied one of them, translated it into English and annotated the text. This... Read More |
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Porcelaines, Faiences & CristauxAdoption Amount: $750 A rare trade catalogue from the Paris firm of Le Grand Dépot, a manufacturer of porcelains, faience ceramics, and glassware, contains images and sale information for a variety of tablewares in many popular patterns. The catalogue, complete with more than 100 pages of illustrated designs, is a good resource for contemporary decorative patterns for glass and plates catering to the Victorian tastes of the time. This catalog is a fine example of a high-end marketing tool that both retailers and manufacturers employed for local and international sales. Read More |
