- Letterpiece sl. dam. Otherwise fine. = Scheepers I, 181.
- Title-p. w. old owner's entry and cut short in right margin, just touching text.
= Thimm p.237; cf. Pardoel 3049 (ed. Paris, 1689); not in Vigeant.
- Lacks plate 26; partly yellowed/ sl. browned; plate 2 printed askew. Joints splitting; vellum sl. darkened and stained.
= Cf. Philips M060.3 (part 1, ed. Amst., 1673)/ Philips M060.2 (part 2). Part 1 is a new title edition of Philips M060.1. Part 2 titled "Pur erga yslatryan, ofte Vuurwerken tot dienst (...)" (Rott., H. Rijckhals). "It is clear from the text and the plates that Babington's Pyrotechnia was the main source of this work." Lotz p.46: "Für Feuerwerk ist in den Niederlanden bis gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts kein einheitlicher, organisch zusammenfassender Aufbau erkennbar. (...) Erst im Lehrbuche des Daniel Manlyn, 1678 in Amsterdam gedruckt [!], werden sie beschrieben und abgebildet." Extremely rare work on pyrotechnics. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
- All vols. w. library stamp on title-p. and/ or first free endpaper; some vols. occas. trifle stained (3x wormholed). Spine-ends sl. dam.; most vols. corners showing. Nevertheless a good, attractively bound set.
- Final text leaf mounted on lower pastedown; lower hinge broken; bookblock shaken. Vellum sl. stained.
= Scheurleer 174; Scheepers II, 125: "[Het tweede deel] bevat aan het eind een travestie van Vergilius' Aeneas". Only 1 copy in STCN.
- A few leaves loose. Upper hinge broken.
= Buisman 599; cf. Cordier, Indosinica, col. 945. Very rare (no copy in the STCN).
- First and final leaves sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Corners worn; joints splitting at spine-ends; covers sl. rubbed.
= Provenance: the library of NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE, with extensive manuscript note in pen and ink on first blank on the provenance reading: "Gegenwärtiges Buch Le Pot aux Roses aus Napoleon's Bibliothek, hat der, den 9 März 1839 zu Düsseldorf verstorbenen Landrat von Lasberg [= Friedrich Heinrich von Lasberg], welcher[?] 1815 Commendant von Compiégne und Avesnes war, aus dem Wagen, den der Kaiser auf der Flucht, am Abend des 18en Juni zu Genappe stehen ließ, als Sieges baute heim gebracht." (signed "August" and dated "Düsseldorf 1845"). Rare satirical work on the American War of Independance, in the form of letters between King George III and his ministers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
- Vellum sl. duststained, otherwise a very fine and internally very clean copy.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 12; Klaversma/ Hannema 50 and 51; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 294. Koeman, Gesch. v.d. Kartografie in Ned., p.252: "De eerste Historische Atlas van Nederland werd samengesteld door de Groningse burgemeester Menso Alting. Deze amateur-historicus ontwierp naar eigen inzichten nieuwe historische kaarten van Nederland, in het bijzonder van Friesland (...). De kaarten uit het tweede deel, Friesland betreffende, zijn opgenomen in de Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland... door Bernard Schotanus à Sterringa, 1718. (...) Ondanks de kritiek van 19e eeuwse historici op dit pionierswerk toonde Alting zich in dit opzicht een waardig tijdgenoot van de Europese historisch-geografen." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.
- Trifle yellowed, otherwise fine. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 289.
- Lacks first free endpaper; sl. waterstained. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 289.
- Contents fine. Each vol. lacks one of the 2 mor. letterpieces; 2 vols. covers (sl.) faded/ discoloured; a few sm. rubbed (1x sl. dam.) spots on 2 bindings.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- Occas. sl. waterstained.
- First 2 vols. occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed. Otherwise a good/ fine set.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Oberlé, Fastes 485; Cagle 1075; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Simon, Vicaire, Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses.
- All vols. partly sl. foxed. All vols. foot of spine chipped/ worn. Good set.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Vicaire, Simon and Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses. Bound by the Carnation Bindery (Storm van Leeuwen IIA, p.344, t I).
- All vols. partly sl. foxed; 1st vol. occas. waterstained; all vols. w. modern owner's entry on first blank. Bindings dam. due to acid-biting. Contents fine.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Vicaire, Simon and Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking. The third vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses. Bound by the Carnation Bindery (Storm van Leeuwen IIA, p.344, t I).
- Both vols. occas. sl. foxed (incl. plates). Second vol. top of spine dam.
= Vicaire p.148. The final part of vol.2 (La cuisine élégante) contains the following sections: 1. Extraits d'Antonin Carême; 2. Quelques recettes de Carême; 3. Appréciation des effets du lait et du café./ Le thé.
- Browned/ foxed throughout.
= Vicaire p.131; cf. Bibl. Gastronomica 834. From the library of the Marquis Gabriello Riccardi (1705-1798), bibliophile and one of two major contributors to the Biblioteca Riccardiana (Florence), w. his owner's entry ("Ex libris March: Abb: Gabrielis Riccardi") on upper pastedown, and of capucin monk, theology professor and cardinal Francesco Maria Casini (1648-1719), w. his crossed-out owner's entry ("Ex libris Francj Mae Cessinj I.V.C. ex lgu Flor") on first free endpaper.
- Seven plates and 1 table w. (large) tear(s); both vols. first free endpaper loose(ning). Both vols. joints splitting; spine-ends worn.
= Landwehr 28,2; Vicaire p.867-868 ("Le Cuisinier Moderne est difficile à rencontrer; c'est un ouvrage fort complet et fort intéressant pour qui veut étudier la Cuisine au XVIIIe siècle"; on the 1st ed.: "Nous avons vu des exemplaires de la même édition portant la date de 1736"); Simon, Bibl. Gastr. 933 ("One of the most reliable of reference books dealing with the knowledge of cookery and the pleasures of the table during the eighteenth century"); Bibl. Gastronomica 3645; Bitting p.268 (on the ed. 1735); Drexel 509 (2nd ed.). Not in Oberlé (Fastes), Horn/ Arndt and Schraemli. The most important gastronomical book of the first half of the 18th century by the cook of "le prince D'Orange et de Nassau & ci-devant de Mylord Chesterfielt". Antonin Carême considered it to be the only book of his predecessors worth consulting. "Het is een kookboek voor de Haute cuisine, een vakboek voor koks van adellijke huizen of - in termen van nu - voor sterrenrestaurants. La Chapelle kookt met meer eenvoud, minder gecompliceerd, maar met meer smaak dan zijn voorgangers. Hij kruidt zijn gerechten zeer voorzichtig en gebruikt daarvoor slechts peterselie, kervel, tijm, en laurier. Kenmerkend voor hem is dat hij, als het maar even kan, overal basilicum in doet. Hij gebruikt als eerste voor zijn fonds Sauce espagnole en doet wonderen met essence van ham en champignons. Voor het binden van sauzen gebruikt hij room." (Tol p.22). The plates depicting impressive table arrangements and silver cutlery. From the collection of Charles de Hoffmann (Brussels), both vols. w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- First few textlvs. trifle waterstained in outer blank margin. Good copy.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 1318; Waller 434. Cf. Vicaire p.221-223 (on the 1st ed.: "Ce qu'il y a de certain, c'est que ce livre est d'une très réelle originalité et que les exemplaires sont loin d'en être communs").
- Mediocre copy: first 24 leaves remargined/ restored and flattened (incl. frontisp., htitle and title-p. (with loss of part of image and/ or letters); 2 text leaves dam.; 2 text leaves replaced by facsimiles; 4 fold. tables replaced by facsimile or dam. (lacking parts); 1 fold. plate dam.; 2 fold. plates replaced by facsimiles; foxed and yellowed/ browned almost throughout. Sold w.a.f.
= The first edition. Horn-A. 102; Weiss 921.