Table Traits with Something on Them ( Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Doran Vol. II )

1857. Brown leather on 5-ribbed spine and board tips. Burgundy labels on spine. Board has marbled paper. Moderate general wear. Foxing on preliminary (title) and ending pages, all other text pages clean. Binding leather worn at borders and edges. Previous owner name. 489 pages. Bill of Fare : The Legend of Amphitryon-A Prologue. Diet and Digestion. Water. Materials for Breakfast Corn, Bread, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate. The Old Colfee House. The French Cafes. The Ancient Cook and his Art. The Modern Cook and his Science. Pen and Ink Sketch of Carame. Dinner Traits. The Materials for Dining. Light Dinner for Two. Sauces. The Parasite. Table Traits of Utopia and the Golden Age. Table Traits of England in the Early Times. Table Traits of the Last Century. Wine and Water. The Birth of the Vine, and what has come of it. The Making and Marring of Wine. Imperial Drinkers and Incidents in Germany. An Incident of Travel. A few odd Glasses of Wine. The Tables of the Ancient and Modern Egyptians. The Diet of Saints of Old. The Bridal and Banquet of Ferques. The Support of Modern Saints. 'I'he Ceasars at Table. Their Majesties at Meat. English Kings at their Tables. Strange Banquets. The Castellan Von Couey. Authors and their Dietetics. The Liquor-loving Laureates. Supper. 6290.…