Beschreibung:

Chomel (Noel) Dictionaire Oeconomique: or The Family Dictionary, edited by R. Bradley, 2 vol., first edition in English, variant issue with titles not in red and black and slightly different imprint, double column, woodcut illustrations, 5K & 5L bound in wrong order, final leaf in each volume pasted down obscuring advertisements on verso but no loss of text, a good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed, spines a little worn, joints split, [Bitting pp.87-88; Cagle 602; Fussell I p.109; Kress 3591; Goldsmiths' 6345; Maclean p.27; Oxford p.57], folio, for D. Midwinter, at the Crowns in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1725. ⁂ With much on food & drink, including distillation; hunting and trapping; agriculture and gardening, including vines and fruit-trees; preserving; veterinary matters; and the manufacture of soaps and perfumes. Bradley has added material to the cookery section.