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Food & Drink. Frémont Dialogues Sante 1683

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first edition, large woodcut ornament to title, woodcut initials and head and tail-pieces, lacking errata (as does the Wellcome copy), 19th century red crushed morocco-backed marbled boards, [Vicaire 275; Cagle 194; Krivatsy 4346; Wellcome III, 67], 12mo, Paris, chez Jacques Villery, 1683.

***A scarce and curious work with an excellent provenance. The work takes the form of 12 dialogues on health, including those between a hungry stomach and the heart and between a stomach after a heavy and boozy meal and sobriety. Provenance: Raymond Oliver, renowned chef and one time owner of Le Grand Vefour restaurant in Paris (bookplate); A.Garrigues (bookplate)..

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