PONCELET - Lot 196

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PONCELET - Lot 196
PONCELET PONCELET (Polycarpe). Chemistry of Taste and Smell, or Principles for Composing Easily, & at Little Cost, Drinking Liquors, & Fragrant Waters. In Paris, from the Impr. of P. G. Le Mercier, 1755. In-8, 390 p. (including the title, the first 26 in roman numerals), [1] f. (privil.), front, pl., contemporary mottled and glazed havana calf, spine with 5 nerves, garnet morocco title-piece, ornamented caissons, red edges (negligible rubbing, small snag at edge of head-board, one corner slightly dulled). Uncommon first edition, illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by B. Audran, and 6 plates also engraved on copper, showing various instruments, including stills. (Vicaire, Bibl. gastron., 171; Oberlé 1088).
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