GARDETON (César)]. Dictionnaire des alimens, preceded by a hygiene of temperaments, reflections on digestion and stomach diseases. Paris, J.-J. Naudin ; Geneva, Barbezat et Delarue, 1826. In-8, half brown basane, spine decorated, speckled edges (Binding of the period). False title, title, pp. (v) to xxviii, 408 pp. First edition. This work indicates the different effects of each class of food, the qualities of each species, the nature and effects of liquors in use in Europe (beer, coffee, mead, tea, wine...), the ingredients for seasoning... Heavy foxing, small marginal wetnesses. Binding slightly rubbed. Stain on upper cover. Vicar, 384. Unknown to Simon, Bitting.

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