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[QUÉLUS, D. DE.] Histoire Naturelle du Cacao, et du Sucre. 6 plates, 4 of them folding. [12], 228 pages. 12mo, contemporary speckled calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine and joints rubbed, front joint partly cracked; repaired clean tear in plate 2; bookplates. Amsterdam: Henri Strik, 1720
Second edition of a work on cacao and sugarcane first published the year before in Paris, including a discussion of their cultivation, processing, and consumption in the New World, and medicinal uses. Alden 720/190; Waring, page 730.
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