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APPERT, Nicolas (1749-1841).

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Lot 4 | APPERT, Nicolas (1749-1841).
APPERT, Nicolas (1749-1841).

L’Art de conserver, pendant plusieurs années, toutes les substances animales et végétales. Paris : chez Patris et Cie, 1810.

Une invention capitale : la boîte de conserve. Édition originale.



Cuisinier-confiseur, Nicolas Appert est l'inventeur, en 1795, de la boîte de conserve et du procédé de stérilisation des aliments par la chaleur à l'abri de l'air, cinquante ans avant les travaux de Pasteur. En 1802, il avait installé à Massy, avec une cinquantaine d'ouvriers, la première usine de conserves au monde. Renonçant à prendre un brevet, Appert publie L'Art de conserver et divulgue la technique de l'"appertisation", que le Gouvernement impérial couronna d'un prix de 12 000 francs. Honoré du titre de "bienfaiteur de l'humanité" par les Anglais, il meurt ruiné et son corps est jeté à la fosse commune.



La seconde partie de l'ouvrage donne de nombreuses recettes destinées à la conservation : potages (il est aussi l'inventeur du bouillon en cubes), légumes, sauces, fruits, viandes… Bel exemplaire, revêtu de la signature autographe d'Appert au verso du faux titre. En français dans le texte, 1990, 220 ; Vicaire, 34 ; Cagle, 34 ; Oberlé, Fastes, 184 ("extrêmement rare").



In-8 (215 x 137 mm). Illustré d'une planche dépliante, gravée en taille-douce par N.L. Rousseau, représentant plusieurs outils et accessoires utilisés pour le bouchage des conserves. Non rogné, sous couverture d’attente (quelques piqûres et rousseurs éparses, légers reports de la signature). Emboîtage de Loutrel.



First edition, untrimmed, as issued, of Appert's landmark work on the preservation of food by canning, forerunning Pasteur's discoveries. This 1810 publication was the first book to explain the principle of canning. Appert chose not to patent it, and did not financially profit from his discoveries.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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