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Tuesday 06 December 2022 e Wednesday 07 December 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Gastromia - Caffè Tè - Deani Pacifico,

Traitez nouveaux & curieux du Café, du Thé et du Chocolate, 1685

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€ 250 - 500

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€ 960

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Information

Lyon, Jean Girin & B. Riviere, 1685. In 12th. Illustrated frontispiece, with a Chinese, a Turk and an Indian drinking their favorite drink together,  i frontispiece printed in red and black characters, with 3 full-page plates, each at the beginning of  sections, illustrated headers, all embossed in copper, defects, burnishing, restorations, coeval brown calf binding, spine with 4 raised bands, defects.

Specialist Notes

First complete edition of this curious work that concerns the preparation of coffee, tea and chocolate but also the effects of these drinks. Oberle, Fastes, 731-733; Pritzel 2461; Vicaire, Gastronomie, 293.