- Frontisp. doubled and darkened; occas. foxed/ fingersoiled; one text leaf present in facsimile; one fold. table in facsimile; one fold. plate doubled; new endpapers.
= Cf. Horn-A. 102; Weiss 922. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- A few (sm.) wormholes in lower blank margin. Otherwise fine.
= Maclean p.60: "She is certainly the best-known cookery writer of the 18th century, and wrote in the title of her 1st ed.: that it far exceeded 'any thing of the kind ever yet published'. Her works were best-sellers for nearly 100 years, the last edition being printed in 1843, and they remained popular until Mrs Beeton took over her mantle.". This ed. not in Vicaire, Oberlé (Fastes), Bibl. Gastronomica, Simon and Bitting.
- Six plates and 1 table w. (repaired) tear(s), partly w. (extensive) gluestains; 2nd part last two quires (water)stained in outer margin; 4th part lacks p.301-302; (sl.) foxed/ browned.
= Landwehr 28,3; 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"); Bibl. Gastronomica 3646; Maggs Bros., Food and Drink through the Ages 231; Drexel 509. Cf. Simon, Bibl. Gastr. 933 on the first ed.; Bitting p.268. Not in Oberlé (Fastes), Horn/ Arndt and Schraemli. The plates depicting impressive table arrangements and silver cutlery.
- Foxed/ browned throughout; both vols. w. contemp. owner's entry on first endpaper. Bindings soiled and (sl.) worn along extremities.
= First published as part I of Oekonomisches Handbuch für Frauenzimmer (Stuttg., ±1795). Weiss 2348. Cf. Horn/ Arndt 507ff; Drexel 52; Weiss 2352.
- Partly trifle wormholed in upper outer corner; last textleaf w. closed tear in inner margin.
= Cf. Bibl. Gastronomica 4335ff; Bitting p.320 (ed. 1746/ 1771); Vicaire p.589 (ed. 1746); Oberlé 114-118 (other eds.): "(...) "best-seller" incontesté de la littérature gastronomique du XVIIIe siècle.".
Idem. La science du maître d'hôtel, confiseur, à l'usage des officiers, avec des observations Sur la connoissance & les propriétés des Fruits. Enrichie de Desseins en Décorations & Parterres pour les Desserts. Ibid., "au Palais", Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1750, (12),525,(25)p., 1 (of 5) fold. engr. plate, contemp. calf, gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks 4 plates; contemp. owner's annot. on first blank; occas. (sl.) foxed; final 12 lvs. sl. waterstained in outer margin. Backcover upper outer corner bumped.
= Bitting p.321; Vicaire p.590; cf. Oberlé (Fastes) 120. Not in Bibl. Gastronomica.
- First work title-p. cut short in outer/ lower margin (remargined); 2nd work last 20 textlvs./ blanks (sl.) mouldstained/ dam. in upper outer blank margin, repaired w. scotch tape (2 lvs. sticking together); both works partly (sl.) waterstained in (blank) margins; final blanks w. extensive 19th cent. owner's annots.
= On the first part: Wellcome II, 518; Ferguson I, p.235-236 (on the 1697 ed.). On the second part: Weiss 2300; cf. Horn/ Arndt 125/ 126.
- Bookblock loose; sl. foxed, stained and fingersoiled; one text leaf w. sm. hole. Rebacked; binding worn; calf over backcover dam. at board edges.
= Simon 1481; Bitting p.466f. Influential work on health and diet, i.a. promoting vegetarianism with regard to animal welfare and as a healthy lifestyle. It is believed to have prompted Benjamin Franklin to give up eating meat for a while. Rare.
- Hinges weak; auction catalogue clipping mounted on upper pastedown; sl. foxed throughout.
= Consisting of the following works: 1. Le cuisinier François et méthodique, et la manière de faire toute sorte de Potage; 2. Le patissier François; 3. Le confiturier François, ou la manière de faire toutes sortes de Confitures, Liqueurs & Breuvages agreables 4. La manière de plier toutes sortes de linge de Table & en faire toutes sortes de figures. De la Varenne's Le cuisinier François (1st ed. Paris, 1651) is regarded as one of the most influential cook books for French cuisine, marking the transition of medieval cooking to the modern haute cuisine, with an emphasis on the use of vegetables and fresh meats and fish, and replacing stronger, exotic spices with lighter, local herbs. Vicaire p.503; cf. Maggs Bros., Food and Drink through the Ages 212 (ed. Paris, 1718). Not in Horn/ Arndt; Bibl. Gastronomica; Bitting and Oberlé (Fastes). From the library of Marcellus Schlimovich, w. his bookplate on upper pastedown and subsequent owner's stamp ("Sociedad Hebraica Argentina - Colección M. Schlimovich") on first free endpaper and verso last textp. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Contents fine. = Landwehr 34,2; Bibl. Gastronomica 2268.
- Second work lacks one plate; plate w. 2 large tears (1x in blank margin); 1 quire waterst. in lower blank margin; hinges weak; 3rd work lacks final free endpaper. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Ad 1: Landwehr 30,5; Bibl. Gastronomica 3150; Drexel 246; cf. Oberlé (Fastes) 107; Horn/ Arndt 345/ 346, Waller 929; Tol 30-32 (other editions). Ad 2: Landwehr 31,3; Bibl. Gastronomica 3163; Drexel 246. Ad 3: Landwehr 34,2; Bibl. Gastronomica 2268; cf. Drexel 246. "Rond het midden van de achttiende eeuw doet een nieuw genre van kookboeken zijn intrede. Na de handboeken van de beroepskok verschijnt nu het aantekenboek van Mevrouw. Een overleden Mevrouw, gelieerd aan de hoogste kringen, laat haar collectie recepten na aan haar dienstmaagd; deze collectie, gecompleteerd met recepten van andere Mevrouwen en Juffrouwen van stand, worden volgens een bepaald systeem geordend en dan uitgegeven met de fraaie titel De Volmaakte Keuken-Meid. Die keukenmeid kan een Volmaakte Hollandsche, een Volmaakte Geldersche, een Schrandere Stichtse, een Welervarene Utrechtse of eenvoudig een Vriessche zijn. (...) De recepten kunnen overal vandaan komen; ze zijn vaak modern, maar soms ook eeuwenoud, van Franse zowel als Engelse komaf, origineel of gewoonweg uit een kookboek overgeschreven. De eerste in de rij is de Volmaakte Hollandsche keuken-meid. Het verscheen in Amsterdam in november 1745 bij Steven van Esveldt. (...). Het succes dat dit kookboek had bracht de uitgever ertoe om, naar hij zelf zegt, de mensen met een smalle beurs ook in de gelegenheid te stellen een goedkope uitgave van de 'keuken-meid' aan te schaffen. In 1752 publiceert hij De Volmaakte grondbeginzelen van de keukenkunde met gecomprimeerde recepten uit De Hollandsche Keuken-meid plus nog eens 200 recepten extra. Hij verkocht dit boekje los, maar ook samengebonden met de beide andere delen." (Tol p.22-23).
- Upper outer corner of htitle and engr. title dam. (w. some loss of image); bird's eye view of Nijmegen trimmed to the borderline; otherwise contents very fine. Top of spine dam.; sm. hole in backstrip; vellum dustsoiled and lacks ties.
= Contains fine bird's eye views of Nijmegen, Zutphen, Arnhem and Harderwijk. Gouda Quint p.8; De Buck 1476; Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 254; Wittop Koning no.49 and p.65-67 (in extenso on the interesting preserved printing history of this book) and p.78 on Pontanus, "Het grootste licht, dat ooit te Harderwijk geschenen heeft". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Owner's stamp on first blank. Paper ticket on frontcover; frontcover vaguely waterstained.
= Interleaved copy from the library of P. Bondam (owner's entry on title-p.) w. a few annots. in his hand.
- Some fold. plats/ maps sl. frayed and browned in outer blank margin.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507d. Contains nice profiles of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Bommel and Tiel.
- Usual occas. browning/ foxing. Lacks volumepiece; letterpiece and top of spine dam. and w. paper ticket.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507d. Contains nice profiles of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Bommel and Tiel.
- Two vols. lack one letterpiece.
= The first Dutch edition. Landwehr F105; cf. Bodemann II, 158, listing the edition published in 1781-1785 with the same ills.
- Contents very fine apart from some sl. foxing towards the end of vol. 3. All vols. without gilt dec. on backstrips (except for gilding at spine-ends and on letterpiece). Bindings rubbed/ worn/ chipped at top of spine (vol.1 w. traces of tape at top of spine). Nevertheless a good/ fine set, printed on heavy paper.
= The 3rd Dutch edition. Landwehr F107; Waller 589; Bodemann II, 158.
- Bookplate of W. van Iterson on upper pastedown. Paper ticket on frontcover, otherwise a fine copy.
= Dekkers p.2; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 9b.
- Former catalogue clipping pasted on backstrip.
= Very rare genealogical work. No copy traced. Cf. Carasso-Kok 137.
- Contents fine. Bindings worn/ sl. dam. and covers soiled.
= The second edition of Ferwerda's "Nederlands Geslagt en Stam-boek (...) Letter A-D", publ. Leeuwarden, 1783, enlarged by the editor J. Kok with the letter E.
- Title-p. outer margin repaired; partly browned/ (water)stained. Binding glued to the spine of the bookblock and bookblock newly sewn.
= A very charming armorial publication which has become very rare today. Vanderhaeghen, Bibl. Gantoise I, 150 wrote in 1858: "Cet ouvrage qui n'est pas rare est cependant très-recherché. Autrefois, lorsqu'il se présentait presque à chaque vente remarquable, le prix n'en était pas élévé, mais depuis quelques années il a beaucoup augmenté de valeur." Funck, Le livre Belge, p.349/350, in 1925: "Beau recueil qu'on trouve rarement". The only recent copies we could trace were sold in our rooms in 1991 and 1998. This copy sold at Van Gendt, Geerts sale, 1975, no. 1191. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVI.