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FLEURY, Claude (1640-1723).

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Lot 105 | FLEURY, Claude (1640-1723).
FLEURY, Claude (1640-1723).

Les Devoirs des maîtres et des domestiques. Paris : Pierre Aubouin, Pierre Emery et Charles Clouzier, 1688.

Édition originale de ce traité sur la tenue d’une maison aristocratique au XVIIe siècle. L’auteur, précepteur des princes de Conti, donne aux maîtres de maison des conseils pour recruter et gérer leur personnel. Ainsi suggère-t-il que "les gages ou la récompense soient un peu au dessous de ce qu’on veut qu’ils ayent effectivement, afin de donner lieu à quelque gratification extraordinaire, qui les excite à bien servir”.

Plus loin, il écrit, à propos des officiers de cuisine : “l’officier ne doit point se croire permis de donner des collations de ce qu’il a en garde, et de donner à des gens de dehors des confitures, des pâtés, des conserves, des liqueurs, ou choses semblables, sous prétexte qu’elles se font dans son office”. De même, avoir la garde du vin du maître n’autorise pas à en boire, “beaucoup moins d’en donner à d’autres”.



In-12 (158 x 86 mm). Vignette de titre. Reliure du XIXe siècle : veau blond, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs avec les caissons ornés à la grotesque, dentelle intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Une note au crayon attribue la reliure à Belz-Niédrée, relieurs-doreurs associés entre 1860 et 1880.

Provenance : Pierre de Saint Victor (ex-libris).



Very scarce first edition of this very popular treatise on the duties of servants, and advice towards their masters.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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