Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’Office, et de Distillation;
First Edition.
17cm x 10.5cm. xvi, 384, 382, [2] pages, 2 volumes in 1. Full brown leather, gilt lettering and compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Text is in French.
Portable dictionary of cooking, office, and distillation: containing the manner of preparing all kinds of meats, veal, game, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.: the manner of making all kinds of jellies, pastes .. : and of composing all kinds of liqueurs .. : work equally useful to the most skilled office and kitchen chefs .. : medical observations have been added which make known the property of each food, relative to health, and which indicate the foods most suitable for each temparment.
Two volumes bound as one without the second title page. Boards rubbed. Small amount of chipping to spine head and tail. Upper joint partially cracking but still intact. Front free endpaper removed. Previous owner’s name to front flyleaf. Minor foxing and tanning. Good Condition.
$300.00 AUD
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