Sales catalogue 95: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/9
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 95: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i Si. MARTIN'S*(STREET, CoLOURED PLATE Booxs—continued. 51 Hostein (H.) Flore des Dames ou nouveau language des fleurs. Paris, Bouchard- Huzard, N.D. £2 10s 8vo. Contemporary French polished calf with designs in blind and in gilt, g.e. 12 coloured 4 plates of flowers, very pretty. Binding very ~ slightly worn at joints. 52 Jacquemart (A.) Flore des Dames. Botanique a l’usage des Dames et des jeunes personnes. Paris, Bouchard-Huzard, 1840 £3 3s Small 8vo. Orig. cloth, gilt. 12 coloured plates and 2 engraved plates. A very charming little book in absolutely immaculate condition. 53 Mcintosh (Charles) Flora and Pomona, or the British Fruit and Flower Garden. London, T. Kelly, 1829 £7 10s 4to. Contemporary half calf. 36 plates of fruit and 35 plates of flowers printed in colour. This beautiful book is very uncommon. Dunthorne 189. COLOUR PRINTING. 54 Paleotti (Alfonso) Esplicatione del Sacro Lenzuolo ove fuinvoltoilSignore. Bologna, Heirs of G. Grossi, 1599 £3 3s Ato. Original vellum. 17+144+19 pp. En- graved front., full-page plate and folding plate printed in two colours of the holy sheet. A rare example of early colour printing. Fine copy. 55 Savage (W.) Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, with illustrations printed in eolours at’ the. iType Press. .. London, 1822 BT 1S 4to. Half calf. Front., decorative title-page, dedication and 35 full-page and other illustrations, all printed in colours. In many cases each of the blocks forming the complete coloured print are ‘ printed separately. There are also illustrations 44 of various machines used. A rare and important work on colour printing. Fine copy. COOKERY. 56 Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’office et de distillation Contenant la maniére de “preparer toutes sortes de viandes, de 3 volailles, gibier, poissons, légumes, fruits, etc: Paris: Lottin, 1772 18s Thick 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt back, ; tubbed. 367 pp. Vicaire 276. This is not the zs first edition which was published five years . earlier, but this edition has been augmented and revised. (Eobanus) De Tuenda _ bona, 57 Hessus valetudine libellus. Frankfort, Heirs of £6 6s Chr. Egenolph, 1582 8vo. Vellum fragment of MS. over boards, with stamped pigskin back. 4+185+3 pp. Numerous woodcuts. A delightful work on preserving health dealing largely with eating and drinking, drunkenness. There is a long section on beers. The naif woodcuts show scenes of daily life, some of a very intimate kind, feasting and drinking, various kinds of food. Rare. Fine copy. 58 Jourdain le Cointe.—La Patisserie de a 4 Santé. Paris, Briand, 1792 £2 10s Se a Ee eee ne Le ks be “= 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf. Bi, 550+416 pp. Vicaire 506 and 507. The second K edition (first published two years earlier), One large folding plate has been affixed in three pieces to prevent tearing. A very nice cookery book in beautiful condition. Very rare. CABLE ADDRESS: WALLINGFORD, BERKS. 7 59 La Science du Maitre d’Hotel Confiseur. Paris, Paulus du Mesnil, 1750 £1 Is 12mo. Original calf, a very little worn. 12+525+12 pp. With 5 folding plates showing elaborately laid tables. Vicaire, p. 590. 60 La Varenne.—Nouveau Cuisinier Francois ou l’Ecole des Ragouts. Nouvelle edition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Lyons, M. Mauteville, 1746 10s 6d 12mo. Original calf. A late edition of this famous cookery book. Not in Vicaire. 61 Le Confiturier Royal ou nouvelles in- structions pour les confitures, les liqueurs et les fruits. Paris, s.n., 1786 18s 12mo. 18th century French calf. 8+524+ 2 pp. 3 folding plates, showing table laid for dessert. Fine copy. Vicaire 455. : 62 Loiry.—Essai sur les alimens pour servir de Commentaire aux Lives Diététiques d’Hippocrate. Paris, Vincent, 1757 £1 5s 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary French mottled calf. 24+440+2 pp., and 15+436 pp. This interesting book on food is unknown to Vicaire. Fine copy. ; 63 [Menon].—La Cuisiniére Bourgeoise suivie de l’office. Brussels, F. Foppens, 1775 15s 12mo. Original calf. 460+10 pp. An 18th century gastronomical classic. Vicaire, p. 235. COSTUME BOOKS. 64 Zompini (Gaetano) Le Arti che vanno per via nella Citta di Venezia. Venice, 1785 £5 5s Folio. Old half calf, a little worn. Engraved frontispiece, title, one printed leaf, leaf of contents, and 60 fine engraved plates of the Cries of Venice. One of the most delightful 18th century costume books showing all the characteristic costumes of the street vendors in Venice in the 18th century. There are several delightful plates showing char- acters in carnival maskerade and street displays of puppet plays. It is stated that only 200 copies were printed. Pasted beneath the plates are English verse translations of the inscriptions. DANCING. 65 Duvernot (J. B.) Album de Terpsichore contenant deux Quadrilles de Contredanses. Paris, Pleyel, N.p. (c. 1820) £4 As Oblong folio. Orig. green boards. We do not pretend to know whether this pretty book is complete. It contains 2 series of five dances, numbered, with music, and one extra in the middle. Five charming coloured plates of dancers of the period by Wattier, and one extra, in different style, in the centre of volume. _ 66 Feuillet.— Recueil de Contredances mises en Choréographie d’une maniére si aisée que toutes personnes peuvent facilement les apprendre. - Paris,;.. Chez Auten 1706 £10 10s 12mo. Original calf, 16+192 pp. There are 16 pages of instructions and explanations, followed by 190 examples of various dances with the music and choreographical notation. Very fine copy ofa rare and delightful dancing book. DICTIONARIES; AND LANGUAGE. 67 Brerewood (Edw.) Enquiries tcuching the diversity of Languages and _ religions throughout the chief parts of the World. London, W. Kettilby, 1674 12s 6d ‘ te Old calf, front cover loose. 16 11., 252 pp.,
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