Les Classiques de la Table
- Hardcover
- Paris: Bethune et Plon, 1844
Paris: Bethune et Plon, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. Half bound, marble boards, raised bands. Good. 609 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Originally published -1843, in sixty parts, presented here complete. A compilation of various culinary texts and works by renown French gastronomes and chefs including: 1. Physiologie du goût by Brillat-Savarin. 2. La Gastronomie by Joseph Berchoux. 3. Calendrier Gastronomique by Grimod de la Reynière by Cussy. 4. L'art de diner en ville by Colnet de Ravel. 5. L'art Culinaire by Cussy. 6. Works on gardening and farming by Lalanne and Fontanes. 7. Les Fleurs by Parny. 8. Excerpts from Joseph Roques' treatise on useful plants. 9. Aphorisms and maxims by Carême. 10. Writings on gastronomy, dinner, and dessert by Neufchâteau. 11. A section on wines by Chaptal. 12. A collection of drinking songs, gastronomic songs, maxims, and precepts.
Beautifully illustrated with engraved portraits (with tissue guards). Previous owner's signature on half title page. Subtitle translated: The classics of the table for the use of the practitioners and people of the world, with engraved portraits - De M. Le Prince De Talleyrand, Carle Vernet, Brillat-Savarin, Debucourt, Feu le Docteur Marcel Gaubert, Careme, Appert, M. Jules Janin, M. Grimod de la Reyniere, Berchoux, Marquis de Cussy, Colnet, etc. Lovely portraits combined with narrative. Text in French. Some foxing. From the estate of Dan Samuel, 4th Viscount Samuel (1925-2014), grandson of Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, High Commissioner of Palestine (1920-1925). [CAGLE 190, third edition] [VICAIRE 178]
Beautifully illustrated with engraved portraits (with tissue guards). Previous owner's signature on half title page. Subtitle translated: The classics of the table for the use of the practitioners and people of the world, with engraved portraits - De M. Le Prince De Talleyrand, Carle Vernet, Brillat-Savarin, Debucourt, Feu le Docteur Marcel Gaubert, Careme, Appert, M. Jules Janin, M. Grimod de la Reyniere, Berchoux, Marquis de Cussy, Colnet, etc. Lovely portraits combined with narrative. Text in French. Some foxing. From the estate of Dan Samuel, 4th Viscount Samuel (1925-2014), grandson of Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, High Commissioner of Palestine (1920-1925). [CAGLE 190, third edition] [VICAIRE 178]