Lot n° 286
Estimation :
2500 - 2800
EUR
DUFOUR (Philippe Sylvestre). Traitez nouveaux & curieux - Lot 286
DUFOUR (Philippe Sylvestre). Traitez nouveaux & curieux du café, du thé et du chocolate. Ouvrage également necessaire aux medecins, & à tous ceux qui aiment leur santé. La Haye, Moetjens, 1693. In-12, red morocco, richly decorated smooth spine, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt fillet on edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (18th century binding).
Third edition of this essential work on coffee, tea and chocolate. It is illustrated with a frontispiece depicting a Turk, a Chinese and an American Indian around a table drinking coffee, tea and chocolate respectively; as well as 3 hors-texte figures, each depicting one of the characters in his or her world, with details of each plant at the bottom of each plate.
A precious copy in morocco. Ex-libris Viollet Le Duc.
Expert : Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS
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