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100 1 _aQuélus, D.
245 1 4 _aThe Natural History of Chocolate :
_bBeing a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-02-12
508 _aE-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Louise Pryor, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)
520 _a"The Natural History of Chocolate" by D. Quélus is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The work provides a detailed examination of the cocoa tree, its growth and cultivation, and the properties and medicinal virtues of chocolate. It aims to clarify misconceptions surrounding chocolate and to present firsthand observations made by the author during years of study in the American Islands. The opening portion introduces the treatise's structure, outlining three main sections: the description of the cocoa tree and its cultivation, the intrinsic properties of chocolate, and its various uses. The author emphasizes the importance of personal observation over existing literature, which he finds rife with inaccuracies. He begins with a botanical description of the cocoa tree, noting its physical characteristics and growth conditions and setting the stage for a deeper exploration of chocolate's preparation and health benefits in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChocolate -- Early works to 1800
653 _aCacao -- Early works to 1800
700 1 _aBrookes, R., active 1721-1763
_q(Richard)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24588
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