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THIEME, Johann Christoph. Haus- Feld- Arzney- Koch- Kunst- und Wunder-Buch. Nuremberg: Johann Hoffmann, 1682. 4° (201 x 160mm). Engraved frontispiece and 41 plates, one folding, by Hipschman and Schneider (several plates cut down at margin without affecting engraved area, browned to a greater or lesser extent throughout). Contemporary vellum (short cracks in spine). Provenance: Bibliotheca Tiliana (bookplate and discreet library stamp).
FIRST EDITION of this domestic and rural encyclopaedia with chapters on wine making, brewing, cookery, beekeeping, hunting, fishing, bird-snaring, horses and gardens. The engraved plates depict, inter alia, a hospital ward, an apothecary's shop, hunting and fishing scenes, two kitchens, a typical 17th-century German house and a banquet. Weiss 3827; cf.Schwerdt IV, pp.92-93 (1700 edition).
FIRST EDITION of this domestic and rural encyclopaedia with chapters on wine making, brewing, cookery, beekeeping, hunting, fishing, bird-snaring, horses and gardens. The engraved plates depict, inter alia, a hospital ward, an apothecary's shop, hunting and fishing scenes, two kitchens, a typical 17th-century German house and a banquet. Weiss 3827; cf.Schwerdt IV, pp.92-93 (1700 edition).
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