FRANKLIN (Alfred). La Vie privée d'autrefois. Arts and crafts, fashions, customs and habits of Parisians from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, based on original or unpublished documents. The kitchen. - Meals. - Gastronomic varieties. - Coffee, tea and chocolate. Paris, Plon, 1888- 1889-1891-1893. 4 volumes small in-8, blond half calf, spines with faux-nerfs decorated with gilded boxes, fleurons and palettes, covers preserved (pastiche binding). First editions. Copies of Philéas Gilbert with his ex-libris stamps on the faux-titres, then copies of Alain Huchet with his ex-libris on the first back covers of the binding. Some hors-texte illustrations. Cover of "Les Repas" faded, some foxing.