Lot 253
Petit, Pierre
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 5 September 2007 at 12:00 BST
£456
Description
L'art de trancher la viande, & toutes sortes de fruits, nouvellement a la françoise. Par Pierre Petit ecuyer tranchant. [Lyon, c.1647], 4to, 33 (of 47) engraved plates, title supplied in manuscript, most plates with manuscript carving indications, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, some soiling, spotting and browning, spine repaired at head and foot
Footnote
Note: The present copy of these engraved plates, issued without printed text, also lacks the manuscript text which usually accompanies them.