BERGIUS, Bengt. Über die Leckereyen , translated by Johann Reinhold Forster and Kurt Sprengel. Halle: Waisenhaus, 1792. 2 volumes in one, 8°. Volume I with final leaf of directions to the binder, volume II with the 2 final blanks (rather browned throughout). Original boards with original spine preserved (rubbed, new endpapers).
BERGIUS, Bengt. Über die Leckereyen , translated by Johann Reinhold Forster and Kurt Sprengel. Halle: Waisenhaus, 1792. 2 volumes in one, 8°. Volume I with final leaf of directions to the binder, volume II with the 2 final blanks (rather browned throughout). Original boards with original spine preserved (rubbed, new endpapers). FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, translated from the original Swedish, of these observations on puddings and sweetmeats from all over Europe and unusual meat, fish and game dishes, beverages, opium and tobacco. J. H. Becker ( Versuch einer allgemeinen ... Nahrungsmittelkunde , Stendal, 1810, no.876), gives this translation high praise, 'Diese vortreffliche Übersetzung hat unleugbare Vorzüge vor dem Original selbst ... Alles ist in der Übersetzung besser und systematischer geordnet...'. Weiss 313.
BERGIUS, Bengt. Über die Leckereyen , translated by Johann Reinhold Forster and Kurt Sprengel. Halle: Waisenhaus, 1792. 2 volumes in one, 8°. Volume I with final leaf of directions to the binder, volume II with the 2 final blanks (rather browned throughout). Original boards with original spine preserved (rubbed, new endpapers).
BERGIUS, Bengt. Über die Leckereyen , translated by Johann Reinhold Forster and Kurt Sprengel. Halle: Waisenhaus, 1792. 2 volumes in one, 8°. Volume I with final leaf of directions to the binder, volume II with the 2 final blanks (rather browned throughout). Original boards with original spine preserved (rubbed, new endpapers). FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, translated from the original Swedish, of these observations on puddings and sweetmeats from all over Europe and unusual meat, fish and game dishes, beverages, opium and tobacco. J. H. Becker ( Versuch einer allgemeinen ... Nahrungsmittelkunde , Stendal, 1810, no.876), gives this translation high praise, 'Diese vortreffliche Übersetzung hat unleugbare Vorzüge vor dem Original selbst ... Alles ist in der Übersetzung besser und systematischer geordnet...'. Weiss 313.
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