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14 - [FRUIT GARDENS and KITCHENS]. Set of 8 in-12 volumes between…
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[FRUIT GARDENS and KITCHENS]. Set of 8 in-12 volumes between 1664 and 1757. Description on www.alde.fr. [AUDIGER]. La Maison réglée et l'art de diriger la maison d'un grand seigneur, et autres, tant à la ville qu'à la campagne. Paris, Michel Brunet, 1700. In-12, contemporary granite brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated. 6 folding plates. Headcap torn off, corners worn, endpapers missing, brown spots and foxing. [BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. Le Jardinier françois, qui enseigne à cultiver les arbres, & herbes potageres ; avec la maniere de conserver les fruicts, & faire toutes sortes de confitures, conserves, & massepans. Dedié aux Dames. Huitiesme édition. Paris, Compagnie des Marchands Libraires, 1665 (Followed by) Les Délices de la campagne, Suitte du Jardiner françois, où est enseigné à préparer pour l'usage de la vie tout ce qui croist sur la terre, & dans les eaux. Dedié Aux Dames Mesnageres. Quatrieme édition. Paris, Compagnie des Marchands Libraires, 1665. [Followed by] LE GENDRE (Curé d'Hénouville). La Maniere de cultiver les arbres fruitiers. New edition. Paris, Compagnie des Marchands Libraires, 1665 (Followed by) [TRIQUEL (R.)]. Instruction pour les arbres fruitiers par M.R.T.P.D.S.M. Third edition. Paris, Compagnie des Marchands Libraires, 1664. 4 works in a small volume in-12, brown marbled basane, ribbed spine, mottled edges (Binding of the period). These works are considered to be the precursors of the modern practice of fruit arboriculture. 7 engravings out of text for the first 2 works. Bonnefons denounces the "gargotage of cooks who disguise and garnish their dishes with confusion". Sean Tackrey, a Californian winemaker, was the first to highlight the interest of pages 34 to 55. According to him, this is the one and only 17th-century French text dealing in detail with vinification, applied in particular to wines from the Paris region. Minor wear, tear to head cover, small worm work at bottom of foot margin from p. 176 of Jardinier to p. 67 of Délices. [LA VARENNE (François)]. L'Ecole parfaite des officiers de bouche, contenant le Vray Maistre-d'Hostel. The Grand Ecuyer-Tranchant. The Royal Sommelier. The Royal Jam Maker. The Royal Cook. Et le Pastissier Royal. Paris, Chez Jean Ribou, 1682. In-12, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, spotted edges (Binding of the period). Fourth corrected and enlarged edition of one of the great classics on cooking, illustrated with 42 woodcut figures in the text. Heads torn with leather missing, old restorations to corners. LEMERY (Louis). Traité des alimens, où l'on trouve la différence, & le choix qu'on doit en faire ; les bons & les mauvais effets qu'ils peuvent produire... Paris, Durand, 1755. 2 volumes in-12, marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red and tobacco morocco titles and giblets, red edges (Binding of the period). Corners worn. [LIGER]. Le Ménage des Champs et de la Ville, or the New French Gardener. Paris, Michel David, 1711. In-12, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, marbled edges (Binding of the period). Frontispiece and 5 folding plates. Headbands torn, corners and spines worn. [LIGER]. Le Ménage des Champs et de la Ville, ou le nouveau jardinier françois accomodé au gout du temp. Paris, Damien Brugnie, 1714. 2 volumes in-12, brown basane, ribbed spine, mottled edges (contemporary binding). Frontispiece, 5 folding plates. Ex-libris Doesnel. Foot-cap T. 1 patched and leather missing, corners worn, epidermis.
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