[Root, Riley]:

ROOT'S NEW PROCESS FOR CLARIFYING CHINESE & OTHER CANE JUICES. PATENTED OCTOBER 8TH, 1861.

Galesburg, Ill: Charles Faxon, Book and Job Printer, 1861. Folded folio sheet. 7, [1 blank] pp. Generously margined, Near Fine.

Root had written "one of the best overland journals," printed in Galesburg in 1850 [Howes R436]. Root's "new mode of clarifying Cane Juice" is accomplished "by means of native clay." Its use "will produce the cheapest and best results of any process now in use." Root explains his concoctions. OCLC records only three locations for this rare item.
FIRST EDITION. 36 Decker 350. OCLC 9320531[2- Huntington, Knox College], 21608890 [1- UC Berkeley] as of September 2022. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Soliday. Item #30106

Price: $375.00