MASSIALOT (François)]. Le Confiturier royal, or New instruct - Lot 116

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MASSIALOT (François)]. Le Confiturier royal, or New instruct - Lot 116
MASSIALOT (François)]. Le Confiturier royal, or New instruction for jams, liqueurs and fruits (...). Fifth edition, revised and corrected. Paris, s.n., 1776. In-12, marbled basane, cold fillet, 19th century gilt super-libris in the center of the upper cover, ornate spine, red title, red edges (Binding of the period). xvi and 554 pp, (2) ff, 3 folding plates of a mostly and richly drawn tables. New edition of the New Instruction for Jams. The first chapter describes the choice of sugar, utensils, the annual order of flowers and fruits, and gives recipes for all fruits - even the less common ones like figs, angelica, chestnuts, verjuice, quince, cotignac, cedar, poncires... - and recipes for jellies, marzipan, meringues, puff pastries, waffles, dragées... The second chapter is devoted to liqueurs, coffee, tea, chocolate, hypocras, ratafias, and scents... The book ends with instructions on fruits, vinegars, salads, and the embellishment of the services François Massialot, (Limoges, 1660 - Paris, 1733), an independent cook, rented his services to the most illustrious tables: the Duke of Orleans, the Duke of Chartres, the Duke of Aumont, M. de Livry, the Marquis of Arcy, Louvois and Seignelay. One of the three plates joins two figures that were separated in the previous editions. Super-libris Camperdown Library: Camperdown House is a residence built in Scotland at the beginning of the 19th century, by Robert Dundas, son of Admiral Adam Duncan - Ex-libris printed Lord Westbury, famous bibliophile and gastronome, author of a bibliography on Italian cookery books Binding rubbed, spines split. Angular tear f. A. Vicaire, 455.
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