Lot n° 283
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283. LEMERY (Louis). Traité des aliments, où l'on trouve, pa - Lot 283
283. LEMERY (Louis). Traité des aliments, où l'on trouve, par ordre, et séparément, la différence & le choix qu'on doit faire de chacun d'eux en particulier ; les bons & les mauvais effets qu'ils peuvent produire ; les principes en quoi ils abondent ; le temps, l'âge & le tempérament où ils conviennent. Paris, P. Witte, 1709. In-12, [7] f., xxv, [1] p. (catalog), 562 p., brown calf, spine decorated.
Second edition revised, corrected and enlarged by the author. Among the delicious dishes, the beaver, the turtle or the viper.
Binding restored, one corner fragile, halo in the lower margin away from the text, some minor curling and defects.
(Bitting, 281 and Oberlé, Fastes, 99 for the 2nd edition of 1705; Vicaire, 514 for the 3rd edition; this one is not reported).
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- PAYEN (Anselme). Theoretical and practical precis of food substances and the means to improve them, to preserve them and to recognize their alterations. Paris, L. Hachette, 1865. In-8, xii, 569 p., havana half-basin with smooth spine.
4th edition of this treatise on meats, cheeses, chocolate, coffee, wine, beer, etc. One can read with interest a chapter on luxury foods, among which the famous revalenta arabica, whose imaginary properties he denounces.
Constant foxing, sometimes generalized, marginal halo on the last leaves.
(Vicaire, 668).
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