Lot n° 405

[Gastronomy] - “Memoire pour Messieurs...”. Bill for meals and boarding, 16 September 1660,

Estimation : €200/300
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
French manuscript on paper, bifolium, c. 29,5 x 19 cm (folds, edges soiled). In good condition. rare early restaurant and hotel bill for a company of lords and “valletz”. On f. 1r-v a detailed list of dishes and drinks (i.a. “un cartier daigneau et une salade”, “un rouignon de veau”, “un Cousole de poulletz”, “un plat dartichaux” etc.); f. 1v (at bottom): acquitance; f. 2r blank; f. 2v smaller bills for a single person. some names: du Penquer, kergoff, kervoalan, kergus, Berthelin, all pointing to a Breton company.
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