Lemery - [SECRETS] Nouveau Recueil De Secrets Et Curiositez, Les plus Rares & Admirables de tous les Effects, - 1697

Early edition, printed in Amsterdam in 1697, of the very interesting "Collection of Secrets and Curiosities, the most rare and admirable that nature and art are capable of producing. Composed of a quantity of beautiful Secrets", a work of extraordinary rarity and much sought after by book lovers, written by the French apothecary and physician Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715).

First published in Paris in 1674 under the title "Collection of Rare and New Curiosities", it covers a wide range of secrets, including recipes for cooking and the preservation of meat and fish, fruits, flowers, wine and vinegar; recipes for cosmetics and perfumes for health preservation and treatment of ailments and diseases; advice on domestic matters, gardening, hunting and fishing; instructions for painting and gilding wood, ceramics and furniture; for casting plaster or bronze; for falsifying marble, and even a small section on fireworks and another on meteor observations.

Second tome (of 2), illustrated with the famous frontispiece of a two-panel compartment showing a kitchen, an artist’s studio, fieldwork and a chemist’s laboratory. Two-color cover with a typographic mark printed. Decorated initial, engraved vignette and ornamental engravings. Bindings in period parchment-like scrapbook cloth. Title labeled on the spine. Strong and solid. Edges in red. Original text in French. 14 x 9 cm, 195 g. [3], 460 pp. + index. Some leaves oxidized and a mark of an antique bibliophile affecting 7 leaves. Rare edition. The Catalogue of the Collective Cultural Heritage (CCPB) does not register any copy in Spanish public libraries.

Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), Nouveau Recueil De Secrets Et Curiositez, Les plus Rares & Admirables de tous les Effects, que l'Art & la Nature sont capables de Produire Tres-utiles & nécessaires à tous ceux, qui sont curieux de conserver leur santé. Tome II. Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier, Libraire, 1697.


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