[PONCELET, Plycarpe] : Nouvelle chymie du goût et de l'odora - Lot 247

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[PONCELET, Plycarpe] : Nouvelle chymie du goût et de l'odora - Lot 247
[PONCELET, Plycarpe] : Nouvelle chymie du goût et de l'odorat ou l'art de composer facilement, et à peu de frais, les liqueurs à boire et les eaux de senteurs, entièrement changée, considérablement augmentée et enrichie d'un procédé nouveau, pour composer des liqueurs fines, sans eaux-de-vie, ni vin, ni esprit de vin, proprement dit; de plusieurs dissertations intéressantes, et d'une suite d'obersations physiologiques, sur l'usage immodéré des liqueurs fortes. Paris, chez Dedalain Fils, an VIII (1800), 2 volumes in-8, full brown calf with title and tomaison on a piece of morocco, fleurons, nets and gilded rolls on the smooth spine, period binding, red edges, Volume 1 : LXXXII - (2) - 251 - (5) pp, headbands, 5 hors-texte plates engraved by de La Gardette, on stills, filtration and fermentation, 1 musical staff, alphabetical table of contents, table of articles of volume 1, warning, various printing errors for pagination, green bookmark; Volume 2: 367 - (1) pp, headbands, 1 hors-texte plate by La Gardette (in fusion), table of volume 2, supplement in the form of a dictionary, vocabulary or explanation of the words and terms which are not of a familiar use, resumption of the table of articles of volume 1, green bookmark, notice of the binder, printer in Versailles, Locard Fils. The author of this book is Father Poncelet, a religious recollect and famous agronomist from Verdun. His treatise on liqueurs is very complete with articles on wine, brandies, coffee, condiments, fruits used, plants to make elixirs, fruit wines but also perfumes, essential oils. Complete with a dictionary supplement and technical vocabulary. A preliminary essay in the form of a comparison of "sound music" to "savory music"! Complete with 6 hors-texte engravings by de La Gardette. Very RARE. Very good condition in general; spotting and small lack of gilding on both volumes; a few rare scattered freckles.
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