Burnett's Floral Hand Book

Boston, Massachusetts: Joseph Burnett & Co, 1880. Very good. Minor toning, extremities rubbed.. Illustrated booklet advertising patent medicines and other products produced by Joseph Burnett & Co., including Burnett's Cocoaine ("Prevents the Hair from falling"), Burnett's Asthma Remedy, cologne water, and even a line of flavoring extracts for desserts. Includes a calendar for the year 1880, a list of dates for "changes of the moon" and eclipses, and an extensive list of flowers and their associated meanings. The chromolithographed wrappers feature an image of a Cossack on horseback, taking advantage of the public's adoration of the military heroes in the 1880s. The back depicts a group of Cossacks.

16mo (4.75" by 3"), pp. 40, in original illustrated wrappers.