Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre)
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Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre) Traitez Nouveaux & Curieux du Café, du Thé et du Chocolate, first edition, fine engraved frontispiece, 2 plates, a full-page illustration, initials and head-pieces, title in red and black, some water-staining, mostly marginal, lightly browned, a few small ink marks to frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine repaired, much of gilt dulled or chipped, rubbed, [Bitting p.134; Vicaire 293; cf. Cagle 170], 12mo, Lyon, chez Jean Girin , & B. Riviere, 1685. *** A good unsophisticated copy of the rare first edition. Provenance: ?presentation copy from the author's brother (ink inscription 'ex dono domini Sylvestre fratis authoris libri huisque' to front free endpaper; 'ex libris Bouteille D.M.M.' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
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