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Something About Camphor and the Japan Camphor Company's Exhibit

published for the Chicago World's Fair

Something About Camphor and the Japan Camphor Company's Exhibit published for the Chicago World's Fair
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Something About Camphor and the Japan Camphor Company's Exhibit published for the Chicago World's Fair

[Japan] Scarce, illustrated booklet explaining the process of producing camphor (Japanese and Formosan) and its benefits. The Japan Camphor Company was based in Kobe, Japan. The manager of the refinery was an American chemist named Dr. A.G. Boyer and presumably he is the Westerner standing at right in one of the photographic illustrations. 

 

[New York]. The Japan Camphor Company. [1893]. Printed at the Press of Vanden Houten & Co., New York.

 

16pp. 13.4 x 17.3cm.

 

In very good condition with only a tiny bit of age wear. nb35020014

 

 

 

 

Something About Camphor and the Japan Camphor Company's Exhibit

Price: ¥66,000




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