A True and Perfect
DESCRIPTION
OF
Extracting good TARTAR
FROM THE
Lees of Wine,
And that after a Plentiful Manner.
To the most Reverend PRINCE JOHN PHILIP, Lord Arch-Bishop of Moguntina, High Chancellor of the Empire, and Elector, Bishop of Herbipolensis, Duke of Franconia, &c. my most Honoured Lord.
I presume, you remember (most Reverend and Noble Lord Arch-Bishop and Elector) that about Two Years since, I crav’d Your Lordship’s Licence, to Extract Tartar from the Lees of Wine; which your Highness was pleased to grant me. From which Work, seeing I have been hitherto hindered by the multiplicity of other business, and the great Waste and Loss which is daily sustain’d in the Electorate of Moguntina, and Bishoprick of Herbipolensis, proceeding from the ignorance of the Lees, daily troubles me; I have determined to dedicate this gainful Extraction of Tartar from the Lees of Wine, to your Electoral Reverence, under whose Patronage I may be safe, and for this Reason especially, Because none of the Princes of Germany enjoy a greater Vintage than your Reverend Highness; to whom not only a good part of the Tract of the Rhine, but almost the whole Jurisdiction of Mœne, together with Franconia, by Divine Providence, belongs; being very fruitful in Wines; where also much Lees are cast away, thro’ Ignorance of the way of extracting their Tartar, for the Good of the Country, from which a good Spirit of Wine might first be drawn by Destillation; the Tartar contained in the thick Lees, and remaining in the bottom of the Still, is by all Men cast away, as unprofitable, a few excepted, who with great Labour dry them, and of them make clavellated Ashes: Which Waste or Loss of the Lees, seeing that it makes every year an incredible Loss of Tartar, I have thought fit to expose the Knowledge of this Mystery to the Eyes of all Men, for the Good of my Country, by which some being instructed, may set about the Extraction of Tartar with great Gain, not doubting, but many, when they shall see this Labour to be profitable to others, undertaking the same, will bring great Profit to their impoverish’d Country.
Therefore I trust, this Little Work will be acceptable to your Reverend Highness. And I pray the Giver of all Good Things, to furnish both your Soul and Body with His Gracious Benefits, who study to be
Your Highness’s most
Humble Servant,
J. Rud. Glauber.