Luzarches, France: Daniel Morcrette, 1976. Hardcover. 208 pages. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. An attractive Facsimile of the 1740 cookbook that, at the time, was the most celebrated book of it's kind. Attributed to Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Prince of Dombes, to whom the dedicatory note is addressed. Daniel Morcrette, the..... More
Bologna: Benedicto Hectoris, 1499. Hardcover. 4to; 20 x 10 cm. The Initial spaces with printed guide letters; large Lombard intials supplied in red, printed in marginalia. Printer's device and register on final leaf. Imprint from colophon, which reads in full: Impressum Bononiae a Benedicto Hectoris Diligenter & eme[n]date Anno Salutis..... More
Paris: Chez Debure, 1765. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 556 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. Illustrated frontispiece. Important and instructive work by the French physician and author Arnault de Nobleville, a member of the Académie des Sciences. Conceived as a practical manual for the care of the sick, it was intended for..... More
Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. [2], i-viii, 1-242, [4] pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. Engraved frontispiece titled "L' Art de bien faire les glaces" and two engraved plates of utensils. Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover. Annotated in pen (not David). Laid in: Three..... More
Amsterdam; Et se trouve A Paris/Berlin; Et se trouve A Paris: Chez Méquignon l'aîné, Libraire, rue des Cordeliers/Chez l'Auteur, Barrière de Reuilly, Fauxbourg Saint-Antoine, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. 46 pages. 16 x 10 cm. A combination of two significant agricultural treatise authored by Jean-Jacques Fillassier and Robert-Xavier Mallet - the..... More
Luzarches, France: Daniel MORCRETTE, 1984 (1762). Hardcover. An exceptional facsimile of the first edition in French (1762 ). Limited edition #73 or 200, signed on colophon. One of the most important French culinary treatises of the 18th century - with over 2000 recipes, 13 plates and 5 tables. Considered by..... More
Paris: Chez Pierre Ribou, 1715. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Volumes bound in one. Vol. I 436 pages. Vol. II 400 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Liger's "Dictionaire" was an influential French agricultural and household management dictionary covering various aspects of rural and urban household management principles, including viticulture and wine..... More
Paris: Chez CL. J. B. BAUCHE, 1758. First Edition. Hardcover. 468 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. Menon, one of the most important and prolific French cookbook authors of the mid-19th century, helped bring forth a "new" or modern French cuisine by classifying and ranking the methods and procedures of dishes..... More
London: T. Osborne, 1746. Hardcover. 398 pages. 17 x 10 cm. Early English works at the intersection of dietetics, domestic household management, and what we could now call nutritional advice, framed entirely within Galenic humoral theory and early modern medical practice. Because Moffet died in 1604, the original text is..... More
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London: Duckworth, 1926. Hardcover. 273 pages. Simon points out the most interesting period in English history are, on one hand, the extraordinarily drunken habits of rich and poor alike as well as the invention of the corkscrew. Illustrations throughout includes a black and white frontispiece, 47 black and white plates..... More
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Paris: CLOUSIER, 1778. Hardcover. 39 & 32 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Both titles contain two plates each. Titles: Memoir by Mr. Baumé, of the College of Pharmacy of Paris and the Academy of Madrid, awarded a prize by the Free Society of Emulation, established in Paris for the encouragement..... More
Paris: Ant. Boudet, Imprimeur du Roi, P.A. Le Prieur, Imprimeur du Roi, 1752. Hardcover. 536 pages. 17 x 10 cm. New Edition. Volume One. Includes exact description of Vegetable plants; the qualities of the soil, the climate specific to each plant, properties for good health and how to propagate various..... More
Paris: Ant. Boudet, Imprimeur du Roi, P.A. Le Prieur, Imprimeur du Roi, 1752. Hardcover. 536 pages. 17 x 10 cm. New Edition. Volume One. Includes exact description of Vegetable plants; the qualities of the soil, the climate specific to each plant, properties for good health and how to propagate various..... More
London: S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, at the Golden Ball in Paternoster Row, c. 1760. Hardcover. Two volumes complete - Volume One: [2], 3-752 pages & Volume Two - [2] 469 pages, [33], 7 plates. Volume One - Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover with Sir Robert..... More
Amsterdam; Et se trouve A Paris: Chez Méquignon l'aîné, Libraire, rue des Cordeliers, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. 46 pages. 16 x 10 cm. Fillassier focuses on the cultivation of large Dutch asparagus, which is described as the earliest, most precocious, most productive, and most durable variety known. The author presents..... More
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Dublin: 1778-1794. Sewn binding. 170 pages. 32 x 21 cm.This remarkable manuscript once attracted the attention of renowned British food writer Elizabeth David, celebrated for her meticulous research and passion for acquiring cookbooks, culinary ephemera, and historical manuscripts. The manuscript comes from the estate of David’s literary executor, Jill Norman..... More
Paris: Chez Pierre Ribou, 1715. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Volumes bound in one. Vol. I 436 pages. Vol. II 400 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Title translated: PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF THE GOOD COUNTRY AND CITY MANAGER, to feed, raise & govern, both healthy and sick, all kinds of Cattle, Horses..... More
London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1705. Hardcover. 231 pages. A collection of recipes by various authors compiled over several centuries with roots in both Greek and Roman cuisine. Notaker states, unlike other bibliographies, "the recipes have wrongly been attributed to the 5th century Roman gourmand, Marcus Gavius Apicius, of whom many..... More
Madrid: Oficina de Blas Román, 1771. First Spanish Edition. Hardcover. 334 pages. 15.5 x 10.5 cm. 6 folding plates. A comprehensive guide describing the chemistry, processes, and recipes for coloring silk, including the selection and application of various dyestuffs and mordants. Combining theoretical chemical insights with clear, step-by-step practical instructions..... More
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Córdoba, Spain: D. Juan de Medina, c. 1779. Sewn binding. 62 pages. 16 x 11 cm. Scarce Cordoba printing of the Papal Letter allowing the Giving of Alms in Place of Lenten Fasting. Due to the American Revolutionary War and the broader global conflict involving Spain, Britain, and the American..... More