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271 - CADET DE VAUX (Antoine-Alexis). Dissertation on coffee. Foll…
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CADET DE VAUX (Antoine-Alexis). Dissertation on coffee. Followed by its analysis by Charles-Louis Cadet. Paris, 1806. In-12, fawn half-basin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets (Modern binding). Rare first edition of this interesting study on coffee, of which Vicaire and Bitting only knew the reprint published the following year. It considers "the history of coffee, its properties, and the process for obtaining the most pleasant, healthiest and most economical beverage" and details several preparations and recipes for derived beverages. It is followed by a study by Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt. Small trace of marginal wetness at the head of the leaves. Hünersdorff: Coffee, 240-241. Mueller, 37.
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