Chocolate.

[Cadbury, R.] Cocoa: all about it. By "Historicus". London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1892, first edition, 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece detached; [Another copy], original pictorial cloth; [Another edition], 1896, two copies, one in original cloth, the other in half red morocco (containing a letter dated 1899 from Cadbury Bros, Bournville)-- Whymper, R. Cocoa and chocolate. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1921, second edition, 8vo, illustrations, cloth--Hoffmann, T. Butyrum cacao. Tubingen: Joseph Sigmund, 1735, 4to, without covers--L'Étang fils. Chocolaterie no. 1 [catalogue of chocolate shapes]. Paris, 1934, 4to, illustrations, original wrappers--Payon, J.G. Amaxocoatl o libro del chocolate. Toluca (Mexico), 1936, 8vo, modern cloth--together with 3 modern books (11)

Hroar Dege (parts of lots 224 and 235)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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We are happy to provide an indicative listing of individual books in this lot as a general guide to our clients, but the listing may not be exhaustive. Please note that the sale is subject to our conditions of business which cover the lot description as provided in the printed catalogue, and it is the catalogue lot description that governs the sale not the additional listing.

Richardson, Paul. Indulgence: Around the World in Search of Chocolate (Little, Brown, 2003)
[Anon]. Cocoa: All About it (Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892)
[Anon]. Cocoa: All About it (Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892)
[Anon]. Cocoa: All About it (Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1896)
[Anon]. Cocoa: All About it (Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1896)
Payon, Jose Garcia. Amaxocoatl o Libro del Chocolate (Escuela de Artes, 1936)
Hoffmann, Theophilus. Butyrum Cacao (Josephi Sigmundi, 1735), original wrappers
Whymper, R. Cocoa and Chocolate, Their Chemistry and Manufacture... 'second edition, revised and enlarged'... (J. & A. Churchill, 1921)
Coady, Chantal. Chocolate, the Food of the Gods (Pavilion, 1993)
Létang, Henry et André, et Marcel. Chocolaterie No 1 (Etablissements Létang Fils, 1934), original wrappers
Coady, Chantal. Rococo, Real Chocolate (Quadrille, 2003)