Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : (NESTLÉ, Henri.) LEBERT, H[ermann]. - A treatise on milk and Henri Nestlé’s milk food, for the earliest period of infancy and in later years.

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(NESTLÉ, Henri.) LEBERT, H[ermann]. A treatise on milk and Henri Nestlé’s milk food, for the earliest period of infancy and in later years. Vevey, Switzerland and London: H. Nestlé, 1878.

8vo (211 × 130 mm), pp. 28, [2], plus advert tipped in before title. Original printed pale blue wrapper (advert printed in red to lower cover). Wrapppers rather chipped at edges, with some loss, and the pamphlet preserved in later paper wrappers.

This promotional pamphlet seems to have been printed in several issues: the earliest version in English we have found is 1875. It was issued to distributors who added their own adverts: in this instance Thomas Leeming & Co of Montreal adds a tipped-in advert leaf and a printed advert in red to the lower cover. Nestlé’s Farine Lactée or Milk Food was pioneered in 1867 as a response to European infant mortality and became a worldwide success (and the basis of the Nestlé Corporation.)

£200.00