- Lacks first free endpaper; sl. waterstained. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 289.
- Contents fine. Each vol. lacks one of the 2 mor. letterpieces; 2 vols. covers (sl.) faded/ discoloured; a few sm. rubbed (1x sl. dam.) spots on 2 bindings.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- Occas. sl. waterstained.
- First 2 vols. occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed. Otherwise a good/ fine set.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Oberlé, Fastes 485; Cagle 1075; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Simon, Vicaire, Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses.
- All vols. partly sl. foxed. All vols. foot of spine chipped/ worn. Good set.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Vicaire, Simon and Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses. Bound by the Carnation Bindery (Storm van Leeuwen IIA, p.344, t I).
- All vols. partly sl. foxed; 1st vol. occas. waterstained; all vols. w. modern owner's entry on first blank. Bindings dam. due to acid-biting. Contents fine.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Vicaire, Simon and Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses. Bound by the Carnation Bindery (Storm van Leeuwen IIA, p.344, t I).
- Both vols. occas. sl. foxed (incl. plates). Second vol. top of spine dam.
= Vicaire p.148. The final part of vol.2 (La cuisine élégante) contains the following sections: 1. Extraits d'Antonin Carême; 2. Quelques recettes de Carême; 3. Appréciation des effets du lait et du café./ Le thé.
- Browned/ foxed throughout.
= Vicaire p.131; cf. Bibl. Gastronomica 834. From the library of the Marquis Gabriello Riccardi (1705-1798), bibliophile and one of two major contributors to the Biblioteca Riccardiana (Florence), w. his owner's entry ("Ex libris March: Abb: Gabrielis Riccardi") on upper pastedown, and of capucin monk, theology professor and cardinal Francesco Maria Casini (1648-1719), w. his crossed-out owner's entry ("Ex libris Francj Mae Cessinj I.V.C. ex lgu Flor") on first free endpaper.
- Seven plates and 1 table w. (large) tear(s); both vols. first free endpaper loose(ning). Both vols. joints splitting; spine-ends worn.
= Landwehr 28,2; Vicaire p.867-868 ("Le Cuisinier Moderne est difficile à rencontrer; c'est un ouvrage fort complet et fort intéressant pour qui veut étudier la Cuisine au XVIIIe siècle"; on the 1st ed.: "Nous avons vu des exemplaires de la même édition portant la date de 1736"); Simon, Bibl. Gastr. 933 ("One of the most reliable of reference books dealing with the knowledge of cookery and the pleasures of the table during the eighteenth century"); Bibl. Gastronomica 3645; Bitting p.268 (on the ed. 1735); Drexel 509 (2nd ed.). Not in Oberlé (Fastes), Horn/ Arndt and Schraemli. The most important gastronomical book of the first half of the 18th century by the cook of "le prince D'Orange et de Nassau & ci-devant de Mylord Chesterfielt". Antonin Carême considered it to be the only book of his predecessors worth consulting. "Het is een kookboek voor de Haute cuisine, een vakboek voor koks van adellijke huizen of - in termen van nu - voor sterrenrestaurants. La Chapelle kookt met meer eenvoud, minder gecompliceerd, maar met meer smaak dan zijn voorgangers. Hij kruidt zijn gerechten zeer voorzichtig en gebruikt daarvoor slechts peterselie, kervel, tijm, en laurier. Kenmerkend voor hem is dat hij, als het maar even kan, overal basilicum in doet. Hij gebruikt als eerste voor zijn fonds Sauce espagnole en doet wonderen met essence van ham en champignons. Voor het binden van sauzen gebruikt hij room." (Tol p.22). The plates depicting impressive table arrangements and silver cutlery. From the collection of Charles de Hoffmann (Brussels), both vols. w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- First few textlvs. trifle waterstained in outer blank margin. Good copy.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 1318; Waller 434. Cf. Vicaire p.221-223 (on the 1st ed.: "Ce qu'il y a de certain, c'est que ce livre est d'une très réelle originalité et que les exemplaires sont loin d'en être communs").
- Mediocre copy: first 24 leaves remargined/ restored and flattened (incl. frontisp., htitle and title-p. (with loss of part of image and/ or letters); 2 text leaves dam.; 2 text leaves replaced by facsimiles; 4 fold. tables replaced by facsimile or dam. (lacking parts); 1 fold. plate dam.; 2 fold. plates replaced by facsimiles; foxed and yellowed/ browned almost throughout. Sold w.a.f.
= The first edition. Horn-A. 102; Weiss 921.
- Frontisp. doubled and darkened; occas. foxed/ fingersoiled; one text leaf present in facsimile; one fold. table in facsimile; one fold. plate doubled; new endpapers.
= Cf. Horn-A. 102; Weiss 922. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- A few (sm.) wormholes in lower blank margin. Otherwise fine.
= Maclean p.60: "She is certainly the best-known cookery writer of the 18th century, and wrote in the title of her 1st ed.: that it far exceeded 'any thing of the kind ever yet published'. Her works were best-sellers for nearly 100 years, the last edition being printed in 1843, and they remained popular until Mrs Beeton took over her mantle.". This ed. not in Vicaire, Oberlé (Fastes), Bibl. Gastronomica, Simon and Bitting.
- Six plates and 1 table w. (repaired) tear(s), partly w. (extensive) gluestains; 2nd part last two quires (water)stained in outer margin; 4th part lacks p.301-302; (sl.) foxed/ browned.
= Landwehr 28,3; Vicaire p.867-868 ("Le Cuisinier Moderne est difficile à rencontrer; c'est un ouvrage fort complet et fort intéressant pour qui veut étudier la Cuisine au XVIIIe siècle"); Bibl. Gastronomica 3646; Maggs Bros., Food and Drink through the Ages 231; Drexel 509. Cf. Simon, Bibl. Gastr. 933 on the first ed.; Bitting p.268. Not in Oberlé (Fastes), Horn/ Arndt and Schraemli. The plates depicting impressive table arrangements and silver cutlery.
- Foxed/ browned throughout; both vols. w. contemp. owner's entry on first endpaper. Bindings soiled and (sl.) worn along extremities.
= First published as part I of Oekonomisches Handbuch für Frauenzimmer (Stuttg., ±1795). Weiss 2348. Cf. Horn/ Arndt 507ff; Drexel 52; Weiss 2352.
- Partly trifle wormholed in upper outer corner; last textleaf w. closed tear in inner margin.
= Cf. Bibl. Gastronomica 4335ff; Bitting p.320 (ed. 1746/ 1771); Vicaire p.589 (ed. 1746); Oberlé 114-118 (other eds.): "(...) "best-seller" incontesté de la littérature gastronomique du XVIIIe siècle.".
Idem. La science du maître d'hôtel, confiseur, à l'usage des officiers, avec des observations Sur la connoissance & les propriétés des Fruits. Enrichie de Desseins en Décorations & Parterres pour les Desserts. Ibid., "au Palais", Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1750, (12),525,(25)p., 1 (of 5) fold. engr. plate, contemp. calf, gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks 4 plates; contemp. owner's annot. on first blank; occas. (sl.) foxed; final 12 lvs. sl. waterstained in outer margin. Backcover upper outer corner bumped.
= Bitting p.321; Vicaire p.590; cf. Oberlé (Fastes) 120. Not in Bibl. Gastronomica.
- First work title-p. cut short in outer/ lower margin (remargined); 2nd work last 20 textlvs./ blanks (sl.) mouldstained/ dam. in upper outer blank margin, repaired w. scotch tape (2 lvs. sticking together); both works partly (sl.) waterstained in (blank) margins; final blanks w. extensive 19th cent. owner's annots.
= On the first part: Wellcome II, 518; Ferguson I, p.235-236 (on the 1697 ed.). On the second part: Weiss 2300; cf. Horn/ Arndt 125/ 126.
- Bookblock loose; sl. foxed, stained and fingersoiled; one text leaf w. sm. hole. Rebacked; binding worn; calf over backcover dam. at board edges.
= Simon 1481; Bitting p.466f. Influential work on health and diet, i.a. promoting vegetarianism with regard to animal welfare and as a healthy lifestyle. It is believed to have prompted Benjamin Franklin to give up eating meat for a while. Rare.
- Hinges weak; auction catalogue clipping mounted on upper pastedown; sl. foxed throughout.
= Consisting of the following works: 1. Le cuisinier François et méthodique, et la manière de faire toute sorte de Potage; 2. Le patissier François; 3. Le confiturier François, ou la manière de faire toutes sortes de Confitures, Liqueurs & Breuvages agreables 4. La manière de plier toutes sortes de linge de Table & en faire toutes sortes de figures. De la Varenne's Le cuisinier François (1st ed. Paris, 1651) is regarded as one of the most influential cook books for French cuisine, marking the transition of medieval cooking to the modern haute cuisine, with an emphasis on the use of vegetables and fresh meats and fish, and replacing stronger, exotic spices with lighter, local herbs. Vicaire p.503; cf. Maggs Bros., Food and Drink through the Ages 212 (ed. Paris, 1718). Not in Horn/ Arndt; Bibl. Gastronomica; Bitting and Oberlé (Fastes). From the library of Marcellus Schlimovich, w. his bookplate on upper pastedown and subsequent owner's stamp ("Sociedad Hebraica Argentina - Colección M. Schlimovich") on first free endpaper and verso last textp. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Contents fine. = Landwehr 34,2; Bibl. Gastronomica 2268.