Research Catalog

Title

The bar-tenders' guide : a complete cyclopaedia of plain and fancy drinks : containing clear and reliable directions for mixing all the beverages used in the United States, together with the most popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish recipes, embracing punches, juleps, cobblers, etc., etc., in endless variety / by Jerry Thomas. To which is appended, A manual for the manufacture of cordials, liquors, fancy syrups, &c., &c. : after the most approved methods now used in the distillation of liquors and beverages, designed for the special use of manufacturers and dealers in wines and spirits, grocers, tavern-keepers, and private families, the same being adapted to the trade of the United States and Canadas [sic] : illustrated with descriptive engravings : the whole containing over 600 valuable recipes / by Christian Schultz, professor of chemistry, apothecary, and manufacturer of wines, liquors, cordials, &c., &c., from Berne, Switzerland.

Publication

• New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers, no. 18 Ann Street, 1862.
• [New York] : M'Crea & Miller, stereotypers : C.A. Alvord, printer.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thomas, Jerry, 1830-1885.
• Schultz, Christian (Chemist).
• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904
• Alvord, Corydon A., approximately 1812-1874
• Dick & Fitzgerald, publisher.
• M'Crea and Miller, stereotyper.

Description

244, [8] pages : illustrations; 20 cm

Alternative Title

• How to mix drinks
• Bar tender's guide
• Bartenders' guide
• Bon-vivant's companion
• Bartenders' guide, and bon-vivant's companion

Subjects

• Cocktails
• Cookbooks
• Syrups
• Alcoholic beverages > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Liqueurs
• Bartending > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Liquors

Genre/Form

Cookbooks.

Note

• Another issue has title: How to mix drinks, or The bon-vivant's companion. See: Nolling, A.W. Beverage literature, page 403.
• First work has caption title (page 11): The bar-tender's guide, and bon-vivant's companion. Some copies have instead: How to mix drinks, or The bon-vivant's companion.
• Names of stereotyper and printer from title page verso.
• Later issues lack date on title page and names of stereotyper and printer on title page verso.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Dick & Fitzgerald ..."--Title page verso.
• First work was subsequently published separately; published also under titles The bar-tender's guide, or How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks; The bon vivant's companion, or How to mix drinks.
• Second work has section title page (page [89]): Manual for the manufacture of cordials, liquors, fancy syrups, &c., &c. : after the most common and approved methods now used in the distillation of liquors and beverages, designed for the special use of manufacturers, dealers in wines and spirits, grocers, tavern keepers, and private families, the same being adapted to the trade of the United States and the Canadas / by Prof. Christian Schultz, practical chemist and distiller.
• The illustrations are wood engravings, the first signed "Avery sc."
• Publisher's advertisements: [8] pages at end. Publisher's advertisements also on lining papers. Early copies include an advertisement for The bar-tender's guide with price given as $1.50.
• Includes indexes.

Provenance (note)

• Almira Wood (autograph, dated Aug. 25, 1862). Label on front pastedown: "Hill, bookbinder, Montreal."

Binding (note)

• Earliest states and issues: publisher's dark green or other-colored cloth with blind-impressed decorative panels on front and back covers, including publisher's monogram on back. Gilt illustration on front cover (man raising a cordial glass in right hand, holding cigar in left hand), with title "The bar tender's guide" in a semicircle above and "Price $1.50" below. Later states and issues have "Price $2.00" or a higher figure; binding design may vary.

Call Number

*KF 1862 17-46

OCLC

261232427

Title

The bar-tenders' guide : a complete cyclopaedia of plain and fancy drinks : containing clear and reliable directions for mixing all the beverages used in the United States, together with the most popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish recipes, embracing punches, juleps, cobblers, etc., etc., in endless variety / by Jerry Thomas. To which is appended, A manual for the manufacture of cordials, liquors, fancy syrups, &c., &c. : after the most approved methods now used in the distillation of liquors and beverages, designed for the special use of manufacturers and dealers in wines and spirits, grocers, tavern-keepers, and private families, the same being adapted to the trade of the United States and Canadas [sic] : illustrated with descriptive engravings : the whole containing over 600 valuable recipes / by Christian Schultz, professor of chemistry, apothecary, and manufacturer of wines, liquors, cordials, &c., &c., from Berne, Switzerland.

Publisher

New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers, no. 18 Ann Street, 1862.

Manufacturer

[New York] : M'Crea & Miller, stereotypers : C.A. Alvord, printer.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Binding

Earliest states and issues: publisher's dark green or other-colored cloth with blind-impressed decorative panels on front and back covers, including publisher's monogram on back. Gilt illustration on front cover (man raising a cordial glass in right hand, holding cigar in left hand), with title "The bar tender's guide" in a semicircle above and "Price $1.50" below. Later states and issues have "Price $2.00" or a higher figure; binding design may vary.

Provenance

Copy in *KF 1862 17-46: Almira Wood (autograph, dated Aug. 25, 1862). Label on front pastedown: "Hill, bookbinder, Montreal." NN

Local Note

NYPL copy in *KF 1862 17-46: Binding: Publisher's dark green cloth, with illustration as described above and "Price $1.50." Title page with date "1862" on recto and names of stereotyper and printer on verso; caption title of first work: The bar-tender's guide, and bon-vivant's companion.

NYPL copy in VTW incomplete: pages 95-216 wanting. Binding: Publisher's dark red cloth, with illustration as in first issue, first state, but price as "Price $2.00." Boards loose; spine and most stitching wanting. Title page as in first issue, first state (with date "1862" on recto and names of stereotyper and printer on verso); caption title of first work: How to mix drinks, or The bon-vivant's companion.

Also available on microfilm in *Z-7393 no. 7.

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Container of (work): Thomas, Jerry, 1830-1885. How to mix drinks.

Container of (work): Schultz, Christian (Chemist). Manual for the manufacture of cordials, liquors, fancy syrups, &c., &c.

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904, illustrator.

Alvord, Corydon A., approximately 1812-1874, printer.

Dick & Fitzgerald, publisher.

M'Crea and Miller, stereotyper.

Berolzheimer, D. D. (Daniel Deronda), 1877-1952, donor (copy in VTW)

Wood, Almira, former owner (copy in *KF 1862 17-46)

Spine Title

How to mix drinks

Cover Title

Bar tender's guide

Added Title

Bartenders' guide, and bon-vivant's companion

Research Call Number

*KF 1862 17-46

8-VTW (Thomas, J. Bar-tenders' guide. 1862)