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1118 - DUFOUR, Sylvestre *New and Curious Treatises on Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate* [sic]. A work equally necessary for physicians and for all those who care about their health. Second edition. Lyon: J.B. Deville, 1688. In-12: [20]-444-[10] pp.; 3 plates (slightly browned). Marbled sheepskin of the time, ribbed spine, marbled edges (slightly rubbed, joints slightly split, corners rounded). A delightful treatise (orig.: 1685) in which each section is introduced by a frontispiece (3 half-page and 1 full-page). The general frontispiece depicts an Arab drinking coffee, a Chinese drinking tea, and an “Indian” drinking chocolate. Illustrated with 2 half-page plates and 1 full-page plate. At the end, a “dialogue on chocolate between a doctor, an Indian, and a bourgeois” by the Spanish physician Barthelemy Marradon (p. [380] ff.). Ref. Bitting 135. — Vicaire 293–294 (1685 ed.). — Oberlé, *Fastes*, 733 (ibid.). Formerly owned by René Mignolet (modified bookplate).
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DUFOUR, Sylvestre *New and Curious Treatises on Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate* [sic]. A work equally necessary for physicians and for all those who care about their health. Second edition. Lyon: J.B. Deville, 1688. In-12: [20]-444-[10] pp.; 3 plates (slightly browned). Marbled sheepskin of the time, ribbed spine, marbled edges (slightly rubbed, joints slightly split, corners rounded). A delightful treatise (orig.: 1685) in which each section is introduced by a frontispiece (3 half-page and 1 full-page). The general frontispiece depicts an Arab drinking coffee, a Chinese drinking tea, and an “Indian” drinking chocolate. Illustrated with 2 half-page plates and 1 full-page plate. At the end, a “dialogue on chocolate between a doctor, an Indian, and a bourgeois” by the Spanish physician Barthelemy Marradon (p. [380] ff.). Ref. Bitting 135. — Vicaire 293–294 (1685 ed.). — Oberlé, *Fastes*, 733 (ibid.). Formerly owned by René Mignolet (modified bookplate).
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