Author: Lemery, Louis (1677-1743)
Title: A treatise of all sorts of foods, both animal and vegetable: also of drinkables: giving an account how to chuse the best sort of all kinds; of the good and bad effects they produce; the principles they abound with; the time, age, and constitution... ... they are adapted to. Wherin their nature and use is explain'd according to the sentiments of the most eminent physicians and naturalists, antient and modern ... / Written originally in French, by the learned M.L. Lemery ... Translated by D. Hay
Description: London : Printed for T. Osborne. in Gray's-Inn MDCCXLV [1745] 1745. First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original. full aniline calf. Raised bands with a dark. gilt-blocked leather label. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and toned with the front hinge starting. Remains reasonably well-preserved overall; tight. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 372 pages; Physical description; xii. 372 p. [12] l ; (12mo). SubjectS; Food - Early works to 1800. Title page printed in red and black; tail-pieces.

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