Traitez Nouveaux & Curieux du Cafe', du The', et du Chocolate: Ouvrage Egalement Necessaire aux Medecins, & a Tous Ceux Qui Aiment Leur Sante.

[xxiv], [1]-444, [8] pp. 12mo. Full sheep, gilt titles and decorations, burgundy leather spine label. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations. French text. The first work in any language on the topic of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate as beverages. Dufour, a French Protestant apothecary, banker, collector, and author based in Lyon, also discusses the medical benefits of these ingredients. He also published a work entitled 'Instruction morale d'un pere a son fils, qui part pour un long voyage: ou, Maniere aisee de former un jeune homme a toutes fortes de vertus.'