OT: The first restaurat sign

[victor steinbok]

I was wondering about this one, as the inscription is NOT in English.
And the corresponding dictionary entries 1764/1768 exist for
restaurant == restorative, but not for restaurat.

There is also a collection of old menus that pops up under
"restaurateur", but all the menu are, technically, in French, and they
are quoted in the text /verbatim/. It's great for the context (and for
an interest in food history), but is it really antedating for a
dictionary entry?

On 3/14/10, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 35 (1765), p. 124:
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> On the South side of the bottom story is fixed a white marble
> escucheon, charged with this inscription:
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> Rursus emendat et restaurat
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>            }  GEORGII III, regis ado.
> Anno  }
>            } DOMINI          1762
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