The book "Chemical part of commodity science. Study of edible supplies and drinks" was published in 1859 in St. Petersburg by the publishing house of the Trading House S. Strugovshchikov, G. Pokhitonov, N. Vodova and K. The author is Professor A. N. Khodnev. In his work, Khodnev describes in detail various food products, including cereals, meat, dairy products, sugar, honey, tea, coffee, cocoa, salt and alcoholic beverages. For each product, methods for checking their freshness and safety are presented, possible methods of falsification and methods for determining quality are described. In the foreword, the author notes the importance of determining the quality of food products and identifying their fakes, emphasizing that his work is not only for specialists, but also for educated housewives. The book made a significant contribution to the development of commodity science by providing methods of chemical analysis for assessing the quality and identifying food falsifications. This edition is of interest to collectors of antique books, historians of science and specialists in the field of food chemistry and commodity studies. There are stamps of libraries