One full-page woodcut. 30 folding leaves. 8vo (192 x 138 mm.), orig. wrappers, manuscript title-slip on upper cover, new stitching. [Edo]: on final leaf [Matsue Ichirōbei 松会市郎兵衛], “on a good day in July 1664.”

First illustrated edition of “the first culinary book [in Japan] written for an audience other than hōchōnin [professional chefs who created meals for the ruling elite].”–Rath, p. 57. The first edition, which was unillustrated, appeared in 1643 and is a well-known rarity; our edition is equally rare. The anonymous author, who in the Postscript is described as having written this book in Sayama in Musashi province... More

Many illus. 173, [3] pp. Small 8vo, green Fabriano Ingres paper wrappers stamped in white foil, title on spine. [South Freeport, Maine]: Antinomian Press, 2001.

Ben Kinmont’s fourth bookseller catalogue, issued as part of the project Sometimes a nicer sculpture is to be able to provide a living for your family. 142 items are throughly described. In fine condition. Printed offset by Ascensius Press in an edition of 1200 copies.

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Many illus. 150, [2] pp. Small 8vo, light brown Fabriano Ingres paper wrappers stamped in white foil, title on spine. [South Freeport, Maine]: Antinomian Press, 2003.

Ben Kinmont’s seventh bookseller catalogue, published as part of the project Sometimes a nicer sculpture is to be able to provide a living for your family. 100 items are thoroughly described. In excellent condition. Printed offset by Ascensius Press in an edition of 750 copies.

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Illus. 138, [2] pp. Small 8vo, brown-gray Fabriano Ingres paper wrappers stamped in white foil, title on spine. [South Freeport, Maine]: Antinomian Press, 2000.

Ben Kinmont’s third bookseller catalogue, published as part of the project Sometimes a nicer sculpture is to be able to provide a living for your family. 100 items are thoroughly described. In fine condition. Printed offset by Ascensius Press in an edition of 1200 copies.

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[Klein-Schwechat: 1881].

An elaborate album of photographs of drawings of the celebrated brewery at Klein-Schwechat, founded in 1632, and today one of the leading breweries of Austria, producing a lager, a light smooth premium beer called Hopfenperle, and a super-premium called Steffl. The album was prepared for the renowned Viennese brewer August Deiglmayer (1827-83), who was at that time, managing director of the brewery and one of the great innovators of 19th century brewing. Deiglmayer spent much of his professional career at the Klein-Schwechat brewery.

The drawings were executed at the request of Georg Wieninger (1832-87), scion of the Schärding... More

59 leaves, enumerating the names of grapes, cereal crops, and oils and their prices for nearly two centuries. Small folio (273 x 178 mm.), 18th-cent. vellum over boards (tail of spine defective), two (of four) ties lacking. Burgundy: 1622-1792.

A fascinating and rare survival, which details the precipitous rise in the prices of Burgundian wine and the emergence of a hierarchy among regions and vintages over a 170-year period. This document, consisting of three gatherings (28; 28; 3 leaves), bound together and written in several legible hands, provides a wealth of information on grain harvests in the region, which varied... More

Woodblock-printed. 4, 1, 16, 39; 40, 33, 2 folding leaves. Three kwŏn in two volumes. Small folio (341 x 216 mm.), orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, handwritten title on upper covers, old stitching. [Hansŏng]: [Chujaso], Preface dated 1797.

Very rare Korean collection of community rituals (K. hyangnye 鄉禮), compiled by and printed for the King of Korea. We find no copy in Korea, and only three copies in WorldCat (Berkeley, Columbia, and Harvard).

The reign of King Chŏngjo of Korea (r. 1776-1800) witnessed a shift in the sovereign’s role in relation to Confucian teachings. “Chŏngjo sought to formulate the sage-king as... More

One hand-colored engraved plate. xix, 51 pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards (some foxing), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: C. Dilly & J. Phillips, 1787.

“Second edition” (but see below) of this translation of Commerell’s work on the mangel wurzel, an uncommon beet developed in the 18th century as a fodder crop for livestock and, when harvested young, an excellent source of nutrition for humans. Commerell (d. 1799), chaplain to the Princess of Lowenstein in the German Lorraine and a member of the Société d’Agriculture de Paris, was interested in husbandry and wrote a monograph... More

One double-page & 19 full-page woodcut illus. 18 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. yellow wrappers (a little marked), orig. title-slip on upper cover, new stitching. Hikone han: Preface dated 1871.

First edition, issued by the Hikone han fiefdom in today’s Shiga Prefecture, one of the first regions in Japan to cultivate tea trees. This is a rare book.

In the beginning of the Meiji era, the nation’s leaders settled on silk and green tea as the two main products most suitable for immediate export. This work describes and finely illustrates the methods of tea production in the fiefdom of Hikone han... More

Two double-page & six full-page illus. 31 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. Edo: Preface dated 1813.

Second edition, enlarged and revised (1st ed.: 1805) and very rare; WorldCat locates only the 1970 and 2003 reprints. This work gives 75 recipes for sweets made from rice, beans, wheat, and other ingredients.

Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831), is most famous for his humorous travel novel Shank’s Mare (Hizakurige). In the present work, he applies his wit to confectionaries. “The gap between ingredients and cooking techniques on the one hand and nomenclature on the... More

Several woodcut illus. in the text. 20.5; 30; 30.5; 26; 33.5 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff embossed wrappers, orig. title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Osaka, Kyoto, & Edo: various dates including 1795 & 1819.

A later edition (1st eds.: 1785-1800) of this comprehensive cookbook of Japanese cuisine by the most important recipe author of the late 18th century. “Little is known about this mysterious author. Kidodō may have worked as a professional restaurant chef in Kyoto, where all his books were published…[One of his writings] refers to him as a cook (ryōrinin), and invites readers to visit... More

Tipped-in frontis. 3 p.l., 20, [1] p. 8vo, three-color letterpress-printed decorative wrappers, hand-sewn, title-label to upper wrapper. Sebastopol, CA: Antinomian Press, 2018.

First edition of 250 copies, for public distribution. This is the publication of a paper about the history of collecting gastronomy books and manuscripts that Kinmont (b. 1963) gave on 11 September 2017 at the Book Club of California. In fine condition. With a printed and stamped Ben Kinmont, Bookseller envelope.

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