La Varenne, Le cuisinier françois, Rouen, 1676, contemporary mottled calf

Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131

LA VARENNE, FRANÇOIS PIERRE DE

Le cuisinier françois, enseignant la manière de bien apprester, & assaisonner toutes sortes de viandes, grasses et maigres. Rouen: Nicolas Le Tourneur, 1676

12mo (128 x 75mm.), contemporary calf, small stamps of the Golden Fleece on spine, first and last leaves somewhat worn and stained, a few running heads trimmed by the binder, some staining to lower edges (a few pages at end adhering)

LITERATURE:

cf. Vicaire col.497 (the same edition naming a different printer)

PROVENANCE:

George Baillie (1664-1738), armorial bookplate and his Golden Fleece stamp on spine