237 - [COOKING. JAMS. RECIPES].

[COOKING. JAMS. RECIPES]. A set of three 18th-century cookbooks and jam-making books in their original bindings. -DE LA VARENNE, François-Pierre. *Nouveau Cuisinier françois ou l’Ecole des ragouts*…New edition. Lyon, from the estate of Antoine Besson, published by B. Michel Hauteville, 1746. In-16, 456 pp. Period binding, worn and scuffed; pages slightly scuffed and creased. A rare text considered the cornerstone of French haute cuisine, which revolutionized the culinary arts in the 17th century, notably by reviving the use of vegetables. The first major treatise on cooking since Taillevent’s *Viandier*. -New Instructions for Jams, Liqueurs, and Fruits… A Sequel to the *Nouveau Cuisinier Royal & Bourgeois*. Paris: Saugrain, 1740. In-12, (16)-518 pp. 2 fold-out engravings, tables. Contemporary marbled havana calfskin, decorated raised-band spine, gilt title, red edges (binding rubbed at the joints, a few stains and oxidation, missing half-title page, upper cap discreetly restored). Antique handwritten bookplate: Robert Charnani H/Rector. -*La Cuisinière bourgeoise suivie de l’Office*, for the use of all those involved in household expenses. Paris: Published by Guillyn, 1756. In-12, (1)-XXVI-410-(1) pp. Speckled fawn sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label (wear to the binding, a few foxing spots on the first quires). Description: Included: A collection of antique bound books from the 18th–20th centuries. 12 titles in 17 volumes. -A book in a box with Napoleonic metalwork. 19th-century marbled fawn sheepskin, in-12. -LOÜYS, Pierre. *Aphrodite*. Borel, 1896. Oblong 12mo, half-leather binding with gilded feminine metalwork. -BULTEL 1748 (title missing, replaced by MS) Description of the ancient and modern state of the province and county of Artois. Fold-out plates. 19th-century binding, rubbed. -PLUTARCH. Moral and Miscellaneous Works… Volume Two. 1615. Sturdy 12mo of the period with a beautiful title page engraved by Gaultier. -DU PLEIX. *Corps de philosophie*. Rouen, Vaultier, 1645. 2 volumes, large 12mo, contemporary binding. -Small light-brown calfskin binding bearing the coat of arms of the Count of Thorigny, 1711, on the engraved bookplate. -[Indiculus universalisé]. In French, 16mo, worn fawn sheepskin; ex libris missing the “pdt.” Ex libris of Count Le Gonades de Penlan, of the Château du Tertre in Falaise, with his ex libris seal. Circa 1680. -History of the Parliament of Paris. Amsterdam, 1769. Bookplate. Second edition, 2 volumes, small in-8, contemporary binding. -BERWICK. Memoirs. Switzerland, 1778. 2 volumes, in-8. Fine copy, same binding as the previous one. First edition published by his grandson, the Duke of Fitz-James. -Heptameron of Tales. 2 square in-12 volumes, contemporary binding. Jouaust. -MENESTRIER. New Reasoned Method of Heraldry… Lyon, Bruyset, 1734. 12mo, binding worn with some loss, but interior remains fresh. Black-and-white engravings. And a few 18th-century bound volumes, some of which are incomplete…