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MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques (1701-1778).

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Lot 141 | MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques (1701-1778).
MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques (1701-1778).

Description et détails des arts du meunier, du vermicelier et du boulenger. [Paris] : s.n., 1767.

“Le bon pain d'autrefois” au cœur de l'imaginaire d'une France “panivore”.



Première édition, illustrée de 10 belles planches hors texte, gravées en taille-douce, en premier tirage. Le traité constitue un des volumes de la monumentale Description des Arts et Métiers lancée sous Colbert mais tardivement éditée entre 1761 et 1788, sous l'égide de l'Académie royale des sciences. La série préfigure l'Encyclopédie de Diderot : mêmes visées scientifiques et techniques, même pédagogie de l'image. Douze pages portent sur l'Explication des planches et figures. Deux planches pour le Meunier, deux pour les pâtes alimentaires. Six pour le Boulanger, où sont représentés les différents stades de la panification. Appareillage et ustensiles sont associés aux remarquables vues d'intérieurs – depuis le fournil jusqu'à la boutique du boulanger exhibant une variété de pains qu'on ne connaissait autrement que de nom. Chimiste, médecin de la Reine, Paul-Jacques Malouin fut membre de l'Académie des sciences et de la Royal Society. Loin de se cantonner au seul registre technique, son étude globale est riche en informations historiques, économiques et géographiques. Savant modeste, lorsque Parmentier lut à l'Académie des sciences, dix ans plus tard, son propre traité sur l'Art du boulanger, Malouin s'empressa de lui rendre hommage : “Recevez mon compliment ; vous avez vu mieux que moi.” Vicaire, 554 ; Wheaton, L'Office et la bouche, pp. 227-228 ; Bonnet, La Gourmandise et la faim, 2015, pp. 113-114.



In-folio (436 x 280 mm). Illustré de 10 planches hors texte. Exemplaire grand de marges (piqûres et brunissures éparses, déchirure restaurée en marge du feuillet paginé 333-334). Reliure du XIXe siècle : demi-maroquin havane à petits coins, dos à six nerfs orné de filets dorés, pièces de titre maroquin vert, tranches jaspées (charnières fatiguées, charnière inférieure fendue en pied).



First edition, illustrated with 10 plates.

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