R(Obert), L(e) S(ieur). L'art de bien traiter, divisé en trois parties. Ouvrage nouveau, curieux, et fort galant, utile a toutes personnes, et conditions. 2 Bl., 413 pp. 15 x 9 cm. Modern linen. Paris, Jean du Puis, 1674. Brunet VII/VIII, 69. Bitting 518. Cagle 407. Livres en bouche 115. Notaker 628.1. Vicaire 43f. – Rare first edition. "Livre rare et curieux" (Brunet). The chef's traditional French cuisine is served in three parts: soups, pâtés, vegetables, fish, eggs, fried food, desserts, marzipan, jams and much more. In his foreword, Le Sieur Robert criticizes the 1751 work "Le Cuisinier françois" by La Varenne, the most important French chef of the time, who had a decisive influence on French cuisine. – Washed, partly slightly spotted specimen. On average, a little untied.