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Credit: Sales catalogue 103: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![volatiles poissons... Troisiéme edition. Paris, Pierre David, 1660 £5 5s 8vo. Vellum. 4 ll., 364 pp., 18 Il. One of the rarest of early French cookery books in any edition. There are some slight wormbholes, mainly in the margins. 154 Martin (A.) Manuel de 1l’Amateur d’Huitres. Paris, Audot, 1828 18s 12mo. Cloth, orig. blue wrappers bound in. Col- oured aquatint folding front. of an oyster feast by Monnier, outline plate of an oyster fork. Vicaire 569. 155 Maupin. Moyen certain et fondé sur Vexpérience générale, pour assurer et prolonger pour ainsi dire, a volonté, la durée des Vins et en prevenir la déprava- tion et toutes les maladies. Paris, Musier and Gobreau, 1781 10s 8vo. Unbound. 24, 15, 6, 32 pp. Uncut copy. Deals with all kinds of questions rélating to the cultivation of wine. 156 May (Robert) The accomplisht Cook, or the Art and Mystery of Cookery... the fifth edition with large additions. London, O. Blagrave, 1685 £10 10s 8vo. Contemporary calf, joints weak. 15 ll., 461 pp., 9 ll. of index and advertisements. Engraved portrait of the author, 2 large folding plates and many woodcuts throughout. Extremely rare in fine condition like the present copy. 157 Menon, La Cuisiniere Bourgeoise suivie de l’Office. Paris, 1750 7s 6d 8vo. Old calf, worn. From the Hodgkin collection of cookery books. ns i ’ 158 Mensa Philosophica. Paris, Jean Petit, 1517 — Bound with : Hegendorffinus (Christophorus) Encomium sobrietatis. S.l.n.d. [Leipsig, 1530] £3 10s 8vo. Old calf. The first bookis‘attributed to Michael Scot, and also to Theo. Anguilbert, under which name it is catalogued in M. Simon’s Bibliotheca Bacchica. A long note on it in Brunet III, 1636. ‘‘ Cerecueil de recettes ménagéres et médicales eut une trés grande vogue tant a la fin du quinziéme siécle qu’au cours du seiziéme.’”’ Simon, No. 47, Vol II. Vicaire 779. The second rare little book has a dedication to the Canon of Wittemberg. On the verso of the last page is a song in honour of St. Martin, the patron saint of wine merchants. Simon, No. 323, Vol II. Vicaire 440. 159 Messisburgo (Christoforo di) Libro novo nel qua s’insegna a far d’ogni sorte di vivanda secondo la diversita de’ tempi, cosi de carne come de pesci e’l modo d’ordinar banchetti, aparecchiar tavole fornir palazzi & ornar camere per ogni gran Prencipe. Venice, Segno di San Girolamo, 1552 2O_oS 8vo.. Modern vellum. 115 leaves. With a small woodcut on title representing the interior of a kitchen. One of the rarest early Italian Cookery books, contain- ing numerous descriptions of banquets given to famous men of the Renaissance. In the description of the banquets there is in many cases a description of the music provided or the plays acted with an account of the musical instruments used. Vicaire 596/7. 160 Michel (A.) Manuel des Amphitryons au Début du XX. Siécle. Paris and Strasburg, 1904 3s 6d 8vo. Wrappers. Illustrated. Mainly about foie gras. 161 Mizauld (Antoine) Artificiosa Methodus comparandum Hortensium Fructuum, oler- It um, radicum, uvarum, vinorum, carnium, et juscuolorum, quae corpus clementer pur- gent... Paris, Federicus Morellus, 1575 8vo. Old board. 48 Il. 255 A rare work by a 16th century French physician, dealing mainly with various methods of making medicated wines, and also contains ‘‘ secrets’ for gardening. Sidenotes slightly shaved by binder, and some discolourations. 162 Montenuis (Dr. A.) L’Alimentation et la Cuisine Naturelles dans le Monde. Nice, 1914 3s 6d 8vo. Wrappers. 163 Moxon (Elizabeth) English Housewifery exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts... with an Appendix con- taining upwards of Seventy Receipts. Lon- don, W. Osborne. Gainsborough, G. Mozley, 1798 15s 8vo. Old calf. 5 plates, 1 folding, showing a dining table. Not in Oxford. 164 Moynier. De la Truffe Traité Complet de ce Tubercle... suivi d’une quatriéme par- tie contenant les meilleurs moyens d’em- ployer les truffes en appréts culinaires. Paris, Barba, Legrand et Bergougnioux, 1836 £1 1s 8vo. 404 pp. Orig. wrappers. Fine copy of an exhaustive work on truffles. Vicaire 612. 165 Muret (A.) Propos Gastronomiques et Conseils Culinaires. Lausanne, Payot, 1922 S8vo. Wrappers. 8s 166 M. W. The Queen’s Closet Opened, being Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Surgery ; Preserving, Candying and Cookery ... etc. Eleventh Edition, corrected and with many New and Large Additions. London, J. Phillips, etc, 1710 £2 2s 3 parts in 1 vol, with separate title to each. Old calf, rebacked. A famous and delighful English cookery book, first published in 1655. We donot know whether this edition should have an engraved title-page. Very fine copy. Oxford, p. 26. 167 Nott (John) The Cook and Confectioners Dictionary or the Housewife’s Companion. London, C. Rimington, 1723 £1 10s 8vo. Old panelled calf, rebacked. Engraved front. by Pine and some diagrams. First EpitT1on. Rare. At the beginning there is an amusing account of practical jokes played at banquets. Some slight stains. 168 Parmentier. Avis aux bonnes ménagéres . sur la meilleure maniére de faire leur pain. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1777 8vo. Boards. First EpirTion. 12s 6d. 169 Parmentier (A.) Traité de la Chataigne. Bastia et se trouve a Paris. Morony, 1780 8vo. Orig. wrapper, uncut. p15s An essay on the use of the chestnut as substitute for flour, by the introducer of the potato into France. 170 Peyrey (Francois) Science de Gueule. Algiers, Soubeyron, 1922 3s 171 Pisanelli (Baldassar) Trattato de’ Cibi et del Ber. Carmagnola. M. A. Bellone, 1589 Sm, 4to. Boards. £1 10s A rare edition of this often published treatise on food, printed at the first regular press established in the small town of Carmagnola, Piedmont. 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