Parere intorno all'uso della Cioccolata
by Felici, Giovani Batista
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Florence: Giuseppe Manni, 1728. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum, slight discoloration, corners worn, small patch of loss on rear near spine. Faint occasional foxing, A few scribbles on final page pof prelinaries and a tear across A1 but without loss. A nice wide margined copy on fine paper. xii, 88pp. Cagle 1139, Bitting 155 ("one of the rare works on chocolate. Not listed by Vicaire.")
An infamous treatise in the form of letters to Lisabetta Griolami D'Ambra which attacks chocolate as a pernicious, life shortening vice. He counseled against adding humorically hot spices (cinnamon, pepper, cloves) to the already hot beverage and, amazingly, allowed that while it might cure consumption, that didn't mean that it was good for you. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000801.
An infamous treatise in the form of letters to Lisabetta Griolami D'Ambra which attacks chocolate as a pernicious, life shortening vice. He counseled against adding humorically hot spices (cinnamon, pepper, cloves) to the already hot beverage and, amazingly, allowed that while it might cure consumption, that didn't mean that it was good for you. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000801.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CAT000801
- Title
- Parere intorno all'uso della Cioccolata
- Author
- Felici, Giovani Batista
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Vellum)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Giuseppe Manni
- Place of Publication
- Florence
- Date Published
- 1728
- Keywords
- Cooking, Wine & Dining; NOISBN
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Fine
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