*NEW ARRIVAL* The Chocolate-Plant: Theobroma Cacao and its Products

Illus. with engravings. 9.25x6.5", pictorially gilt-tooled & lettered maroon cloth. First Edition. Dorchester, MA: Walter Baker, 1891.

An important 19th century work on cacao , it's history and agriculture, and how it is processed, by the country's biggest chocolate producer at the time, Walter Baker. Wear and repairs along spine, some slight discoloration to covers, else good.