PELLETIER (Eugene and Auguste). Tea and chocolate in public - Lot 411

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PELLETIER (Eugene and Auguste). Tea and chocolate in public - Lot 411
PELLETIER (Eugene and Auguste). Tea and chocolate in public food. Paris, Chez les auteurs, à la Compagnie française des chocolats et des thés, 1861. In-8, green chagrin, framed with cold filets and gilt fillet, figure C crowned in the corners, arms in the center, spine decorated with the same figure repeated, inner lace, lining and endpapers of white moire, gilt edges (Binding of the time). 150 pp. Elegant edition published the same year as the first one (in-18, 142 pp.). The first 7 chapters devoted to chocolate, and the 3 chapters concerning tea, describe the cultivation, the preparation, the different species, the composition, the manufacture, the mixtures, the adulterations; then follow the alimentary and medicinal properties of these drinks, and their preparation. The last chapter defends the quality of the products of the French Chocolate and Tea Company, and justifies its high prices. Copy with the coat of arms of Princess Clotilde de Savoie, wife of Napoleon-Jérôme Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon III. It was probably given to her directly by the authors, according to this autograph signed by Eugène Pelletier : "Hommage respectueux". Engraved bookplate Congregation of Notre-Dame, Maison des Oiseaux. Slight rubbing. Some foxing. Vicaire, 672 - Bitting, 363.
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