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LÉMERY (Louis). Traité des aliments. Paris, J. B. Cusson, & Pierre Witte, 1702. In-12, brown calf, spine ornamented, red title page, red speckled edges (contemporary binding). (28) ff, 541 pp, (1) f. First edition. Louis Lémery (1677-1743), son of the chemist Nicolas Lémery, was a physician at the Hôtel-Dieu from 1710 until his death and physician to Louis XV from 1722; he was also a botanist and chemist. In this work divided into three parts (plants, animals, drinks), Lémery describes all the foods consumed under Louis XIV, "the good and bad effects they can produce": fruits, bread, spices and condiments, fish and meat, drinks (including a long note on beer) and even drugs. He "brought a spirit of renewal to the dietetic knowledge of his time. No longer satisfied with the old descriptions of the qualities of foodstuffs simply related to the theory of humours, it is to a modern scientific explanation that he claims, according to chymic and mechanical principles. (Books in mouth). Scorching. Rubbing, spines split, corners dulled. Vicaire, 514. - Bitting, 281 (1705) - Livres en bouche, 84. - Oberlé, Fastes, 99 (1705).
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LÉMERY (Louis). Traité des aliments. Paris, J. B. Cusson, & Pierre Witte, 1702. In-12, brown calf, spine ornamented, red title page, red speckled edges (contemporary binding). (28) ff, 541 pp, (1) f. First edition. Louis Lémery (1677-1743), son of the chemist Nicolas Lémery, was a physician at the Hôtel-Dieu from 1710 until his death and physician to Louis XV from 1722; he was also a botanist and chemist. In this work divided into three parts (plants, animals, drinks), Lémery describes all the foods consumed under Louis XIV, "the good and bad effects they can produce": fruits, bread, spices and condiments, fish and meat, drinks (including a long note on beer) and even drugs. He "brought a spirit of renewal to the dietetic knowledge of his time. No longer satisfied with the old descriptions of the qualities of foodstuffs simply related to the theory of humours, it is to a modern scientific explanation that he claims, according to chymic and mechanical principles. (Books in mouth). Scorching. Rubbing, spines split, corners dulled. Vicaire, 514. - Bitting, 281 (1705) - Livres en bouche, 84. - Oberlé, Fastes, 99 (1705).
