LE COINTE (Jourdan). La Cuisine de santé, ou Moyens faciles et économiques de préparer toutes nos productions alimentaires de la manière la plus délicate & la plus salutaire. Paris, Briand, 1790. 3 vol. in-12, marbled fawn basane, spine with ornate nerves, fawn title and brown tomaison, red edges (Binding of the period).
I) 465 pp. ; one folding plate - II) 490 pp. - III) 576 pp.
Rare first edition of this important treatise by its real discoveries, about cooking methods (he invented a well closed cooking stove described on the plate), and seasonings (light sauces, and few spices).
The author, a Parisian physician, republished this treatise under the title Le Cuisinier royal - at a republican date: 1792!
The three false titles are missing. Minor foxing. Upper jaw of volume III split, corners dulled.
Vicaire, 507 - Livres en bouche, 227 - Bitting, 278 (1789) - Cagle 246 (1789 and 1790).
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