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
A Amsterdam; Et se trouve A Paris: Chez Méquignon l'aîné, Libraire, rue des Cordeliers, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. 46 pages. Dite de Holland, la plus précoce, la plus hâtive, la plus fécond & la plus durable que l'on connoisse. Traité qui présente les moyens de la cultiver avec succès, en..... 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. 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
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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
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