Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Banquet des Savans, Vol. 2
Apres ce service il parut un plat d'argent ou' etoient un grand pain des oies, des lievres, des chevreaux; d'autres pains faits avec art, des pigeons, des tourtereaux des perdrix, et quantite d'autres volatiles or, dit Hippolochus, ceci fut aussi donne aux esclaves. Ayant ainsi pris assez de nourriture nous nous lavames les mains; on apporta beaucoup de couronnes faites de toutes sortes de fleurs. Il y avoit une lame d'argent sur chacune de meme poids ou prise) que la premiere couronne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
