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GENTIL, ANDRÉ-ANTOINE-PIERRE. Dissertation sur le Caffé. Engraved frontispiece showing coffee plant with flowers and berries. 177, [7] pages,
GENTIL, ANDRÉ-ANTOINE-PIERRE. Dissertation sur le Caffé. Engraved frontispiece showing coffee plant with flowers and berries. 177, [7] pages, including errata leaf. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 sheep gilt, spine worn, ends chipped, cover corners worn through; scattered minor foxing. Bookplate of the naturalist Jean-André Mongez (1751-88). Paris: Chez l'Auteur & Pyre, 1787
- Notes: first edition. Apart from a preliminary discussion of the coffee plant and its cultivation, and the introduction of coffee consumption in Europe, this book is concerned with the intricacies of the correct preparation of coffee. Bitting, page 179; Hunt 683; Vicaire 398.
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