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HORNOT, Antoine

Traité des odeurs, continuation of Traité de la distillation

Paris
Nyon, Guillyn and Saugrain jeune
1764

€400,00

In-12° (17 x 10 cm), viii, [4], 528 pp, some foxing, cont. marbled calf, rich gilt back, marb. endpapers, red edges. Good copy

Sought-after first edition, dedicated to the Countess de Coeslin, of this treatise by Antoine Hornot, published under the pseudonym Dejean. An indispensable complement to the Traité de la distillation first published in 1753, this treatise ""gives numerous recipes for beauty and health: eaux de toilette, perfumed alcohols and extracts, essential oils, skin milks, dermatological recipes, hand care, cosmetics, blushes, talcs, mouth care, lip ointments, eye care, anti-wrinkle care, hair products, soaps, powders, scented pastilles for burning, various vinegars (elderberry, rose, nasturtium, tarragon, lemon, rosemary, thyme, spices, cloves, etc.)"" (Oberlé). Ref. Vicaire, Bibliographie gastronomique, p. 258. - Oberlé, Les Fastes de Bacchus, no. 1087. - Caillet, II, 280. Ex-libris inconnu

Gastronomy