Eggs: Facts and Fancies About Them (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781727519341)

This special re-print edition of Anna Barrows's book "Eggs: Facts and Fancies About Them" explores the wonderful, and often weird world of the humble egg. Written in 1890, this classic text sheds light on numerous historical facts, myths and legends associated with eggs. Chapters include Name and Shape, Easter, Eggs in Literature, The Romance of Eggs, Commercial Egg Statistics, Tests of the Freshness of Eggs, The Preservation of Eggs, The Use of Eggs in Arts and Manufacture, The Use of Eggs in Medicine, Eggs as Food, Queer Eggs, Some Egg Recipes and much, much more. A fascinating look at the egg. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Author: Jackson Chambers, Anna Barrows
ISBN-10: 1727519345
ISBN-13: 9781727519341
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/21/2018
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.37d