Bread.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Le parfait boulanger ou traité complet sur la fabrication & le commerce du pain, first edition, title with woodcut arms, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, Mm3 short tear at foot, within text, but without loss, rudimentary paper repair in margin, Oo4&5 loose, spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, later mottled vellum, spine later gilt and with faded leather label, piece missing from foot of spine (loosely inserted), some staining and fading, [Bitting p.357; Cagle 374; Oberlé Fastes 813; Vicaire 656], Paris, Royal Printers, 1778; and an 18th century La Varenne, 8vo (2)

⁂ First edition of this comprehensive treatise on bread-making and the sale of the product. It includes a history of bread-making in the introduction. In 1780 Parmentier and Antoine Alexis Cadet de Vaux opened a free school of bakery in Paris.