Traitez Nouveaux & Curieux Du Café Du Thé Et Du Chocolate. : Ouvrage éGalement Necessaire Aux Medecins & à Tous Ceux Qui Aiment Leur Santé. A Quoy On A Adjouté Dans Cette Edition La Meilleure De Toutes Les Methodes Qui Manquoit à Ce Livre Pour Composer Dufour, PHILLIPE-SYLVESTRE (1622-1687)

The third edition of a treatise on the medicinal uses of coffee, tea, and chocolate by Lyonnais pharmacist Phillipe-Sylvestre Dufour. Dufour, like his friend Jacob Spon, was interested in exotic drinks, and in addition to describing their medicinal uses, examines how they are best prepared and consumed. Two parts follow Dufour's work, including how to create high quality chocolate by Alexandre-Toussaint de Limojon de Saint-Didier, and a dialogue on chocolate between a physician, Indian, and townsman, translated by Bartolome Marradon. The volume is also adorned with an engraved frontispiece and three other engravings including an Arabian man drinking coffee, a Chinese drinking tea and a Native American consuming chocolate. 12mo (14.5 x 9cm), 404pp., [iv]. Bound in modern half calf over boards, rear hinge cracked (see photo), small nicks to a few margins. [Vicaire, 293; Bitting, 134; Oberlé, n°733 (éd. 1685); Livres en bouche, n°130 (éd. 1685)]