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APPERT, Nicolas (1750-1841). L'art de conserver, pendant plusieurs annes, toutes les substances animales et vgtales .... Paris: Patris et Cie, 1810.
8o (215 x 135 mm). (Minor dampstaining). Folding engraved plate by Nicolas Louis Rousseau. Original blue wrappers, uncut (worn). Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate; shelf label on front wrapper.
FIRST EDITION, with licence signed by the author on verso of half-title. "The first workable process for canning foods. In 1795 Appert began developing the process under Napoleon's auspices as a way to maintain food on military expeditions. For strategic reasons he was not allowed to publish the secret method until 1810. Appert's method was strictly empirical. Pasteur eventually discovered a scientific explanation for the process and refined its operation (SEE LOT ???)" (Garrison-Morton 2467.1); Norman 59.
8o (215 x 135 mm). (Minor dampstaining). Folding engraved plate by Nicolas Louis Rousseau. Original blue wrappers, uncut (worn). Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate; shelf label on front wrapper.
FIRST EDITION, with licence signed by the author on verso of half-title. "The first workable process for canning foods. In 1795 Appert began developing the process under Napoleon's auspices as a way to maintain food on military expeditions. For strategic reasons he was not allowed to publish the secret method until 1810. Appert's method was strictly empirical. Pasteur eventually discovered a scientific explanation for the process and refined its operation (SEE LOT ???)" (Garrison-Morton 2467.1); Norman 59.