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Menagier de Paris, treatise on morality and domestic economy composed around 1393

Original title : Menagier de Paris, traité de morale et d’économie domestique composé vers 1393

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21 x 27 cm
88 p.

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Treatise on morality and domestic economy composed circa 1393. A remarkable medieval French manuscript addressing household management, moral conduct, and practical domestic affairs.

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Format: 21 x 27 cm
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Le Menagier de paris, traité de morale et d’économie domestique composé vers 1393, par un bourgeois parisien.
1961, 21 x 27 cm., réservé aux Amis du Crédit Lyonnais, réalisé par Chavane. Coffret en tapisserie toilée (légèrement passé), préfacé par Pierre Gaxotte contenant la traduction en français moderne effectuée par Jean-Paul Laurent, 88 pp. Et un second volume reproduisant une version élaguée du Ménagier de Paris (environ 120 pages). Une reproduction d’un plan de Paris vers 1550 réalisé par O. Truschet et G. Hoyau
Ecrits pendant la Guerre de Cent Ans « Préceptes moraux, quelques faits historiques, des instructions sur l’art de diriger une maison, des renseignements sur la consommation du Roi, des Princes et de la ville de Paris, à la fin du quatorzième siècle, des conseils sur le jardinage et sur le choix des chevaux, un traité de cuisine fort étendu, et un autre non moins complet sur la chasse à l’épervier