HORNOT (Antoine). - Lot 23

HORNOT (Antoine). Traité des odeurs, continuation of Traité de la distillation. Paris : Nyon, Guillyn, Saugrain jeune, 1764. - In-12, 163 x 98: viij pp., (2 ff.), 528 pp. Marbled calf, triple gilt fillet framing and gilt fleuron at the corners of the boards, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, dominoté paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). Vicaire, Bibliographie gastronomique, p. 258. - Oberlé, Les Fastes de Bacchus, no. 1087. - Caillet, II, 280. Sought-after first edition, dedicated to the Countess de Coeslin, of this treatise by Antoine Hornot, published under the pseudonym Dejean. An indispensable complement to the Traité de la distillation first published in 1753, this treatise "gives numerous recipes for beauty and health: eaux de toilette, perfumed alcohols and extracts, essential oils, skin milks, dermatological recipes, hand care, cosmetics, blushes, talcs, mouth care, lip ointments, eye care, anti-wrinkle care, hair products, soaps, powders, scented pastilles for burning, various vinegars (elderberry, rose, nasturtium, tarragon, lemon, rosemary, thyme, spices, cloves, etc.)" (Oberlé).)" (Oberlé). Fine copy in contemporary binding. Scattered foxing. The second edition of this text is included: - HORNOT (Antoine). Traité des odeurs, suite du Traité de la distillation. Paris: P.F. Didot, 1777. - In-12, marbled fawn basane, ornate spine, red edges (period binding). A good copy in contemporary binding. Some spotting, spine tarnished. Some leaves slightly browned.