Engraved frontis. 20 p.l.(incl. frontis.), 234 pp. 8vo, cont. blue boards, flat spine gilt, red leather lettering piece on spine. Berlin & Stettin: F. Nicolai, 1788.

First edition in German, a translation of Theoretic Hints on an Improved Practice of Brewing Malt-Liquors (1st ed.: 1777) by Richardson (fl. 1778-98). The text by Richardson has been greatly augmented with important additions by Lorenz Crell (1744-1816), professor of chemistry and mineralogy at Brunswick and later at Göttingen and an early proponent of Lavoisier. Crell was an active correspondent of all the leading chemists in Germany and other countries and his journals diffused a knowledge... More