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LÉMERY (Louis). Traité des aliments. Paris, Durand, 1755. 2 vol. in-12, marbled calf, spine decorated, red title page, blue marbled edges (Binding of the time). I) lxxx and 552 pp. - II) 595 pp, (2) ff. In this work divided into three parts (beverages - including a long note on beers, plants, then animals), Lémery describes all the foods consumed under Louis XIV: fruits, bread, spices and condiments, fish and meats, wines, teas..., and even drugs. This third edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, contains the Dissertation on the food of bones (...) with Three Letters on worms, first published in 1704. Handwritten bookplate A Bidet, 1883. Binding rubbed, corners dulled. Some foxing. Vicar, 513.
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LÉMERY (Louis). Traité des aliments. Paris, Durand, 1755. 2 vol. in-12, marbled calf, spine decorated, red title page, blue marbled edges (Binding of the time). I) lxxx and 552 pp. - II) 595 pp, (2) ff. In this work divided into three parts (beverages - including a long note on beers, plants, then animals), Lémery describes all the foods consumed under Louis XIV: fruits, bread, spices and condiments, fish and meats, wines, teas..., and even drugs. This third edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, contains the Dissertation on the food of bones (...) with Three Letters on worms, first published in 1704. Handwritten bookplate A Bidet, 1883. Binding rubbed, corners dulled. Some foxing. Vicar, 513.
