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I-COLMENERO DE LEDESMA, Antonio. Chocolata inda, Opusculum De qualitate & natura chocolatae. Nuremberg, Wolfgang Ender, 1644. [Suivi de :] II-VOLCKAMER, Johann Georg. Opobalsami orientalis In Theriaces Confectionem Romae revocati examen. Nuremberg, Wolgang Ender, 1644. [Et de :] III-TENTZELIUS, Andrea. Medicina diastatica. hoc est singularis illa et admirabilis ad distans. Jehn, Johannis Birckneri, 1629. 3 textes reliés en 1 volume petit in-12 de : I/ 1 frontispice sur double-page, (10) ff., 73 pp., (7) pp.; II/ 1 frontispice, (3) ff., 224 pp., (8); III/ 1 frontispice, (7) ff., 188 pp. Le dernier texte est uniformément bruni, quelques rousseurs, petite restauration en marge de la p. 83 du deuxième texte sans atteintes au texte. Relié en plein vélin rigide de l'époque à recouvrement, dos lisse. Reliure d'époque. 120 x 67 mm. --- Ce traité sur le chocolat, originellement écrit en espagnol par Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma en 1631, fut traduit en latin par Marcus Aurelius Severinus. Le présent texte sur le chocolat franchit rapidement les frontières comme cet aliment devient de plus en plus apprécié. Ce texte sera un des plus grands textes du siècle sur le chocolat et il sera largement diffusé sur le continent et traduit en français en 1641, en latin en 1644, et en italien en 1678, mais aussi en anglais en 1652. Il est ici suivi d'extraits de deux autres traités : une dissertation sur l'arbre à cacao par J.-E. Nieremberg, et un article sur l'hypocondrie par P. Zacchias. « Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma wrote his monograph in 1631, entitled ?Curioso tratado de la naturaleza y calidad del chocolate', a much-cited and much-translated publication. Colmenero's text was highly circulated throughout Europe, so much so that different editions and translations of his work have been difficult to attribute to specific authors. » (L. Grivetti & H-Y. Shapiro, Chocolate: history, culture and heritage). Dans le présent ouvrage, Colmenero cons /// I-COLMENERO DE LEDESMA, Antonio. Chocolata inda, Opusculum De qualitate & natura chocolatae. Nuremberg, Wolfgang Ender, 1644. [Followed by:] II-VOLCKAMER, Johann Georg. Opobalsami orientalis In Theriaces Confectionem Romae revocati examen. Nuremberg, Wolgang Ender, 1644. [And by:] III-TENTZELIUS, Andrea. Medicina diastatica. hoc est singularis illa et admirabilis ad distans. Jehn, Johannis Birckneri, 1629. 3 texts bound in 1 volume small 12mo [120 x 67 mm] of : I/ 1 frontispiece on double-page, (10) ll., 73 pp., (7) pp.; II/ 1 frontispiece, (3) ll., 224 pp., (8); III/ 1 frontispiece, (7) ll., 188 pp. The last text is uniformly browned, some foxing, small restoration in the margin of p. 83 of the second text not touching the text. Bound in contemporary stiff overlapping vellum, flat spine. Contemporary binding. --- This treatise on chocolate, first written in Spanish by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma in 1631, was translated into Latin by Marcus Aurelius Severinus. The present text dealing with chocolate rapidly crosses the borders as this food becomes more and more appreciated. This text will be one of the greatest texts of the century about chocolate and it will be largely distributed on the continent and translated into French in 1641, into Latin in 1644, and into Italian in 1678, but also into English in 1652. It is followed here by extracts from two other treatises: an essay on the cocoa tree by J.-E. Nieremberg, and an article on hypochondria by P. Zacchias. « Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma wrote his monograph in 1631, entitled ?Curioso tratado de la naturaleza y calidad del chocolate', a much-cited and much-translated publication. Colmenero's text was highly circulated throughout Europe, so much so that different editions and translations of his work have been difficult to attribute to specific authors. » (L. Grivetti & H-Y. Shapiro, Chocolate: history, culture and heritage). In the present work, Colmenero considers the medical properties of ch. Seller Inventory # LCS-5291
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