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LES CLASSIQUES DE LA TABLE, a l'usage des practiciens et des gens du monde
by Fayot, Frederic (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Se vend Chez Martinon, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A gastronomical classic, originally published in sixty parts and presented here complete. Includes selections from Brillat-Savarin's Physiology of Taste, a selection of Bacchic songs, La Gastronomie of Joseph Berchoux, The Marquis de Cussy's L'Art Culinaire, etc. IV, XXII, (4), 609 [printer's numbering error: 567-582, collated complete], 4. Frontispiece portrait, with a title page vignette, 23 plates, and ten textual engravings. Octavo. In a one-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper binding, with a gilt-stamped black leather spine label, black stamping, and marbled endpapers. Occasional foxing to the contents, which are a little shaken, with some minor staining to a few leaves. Modest wear to the extremities; else very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72101
- Title
- LES CLASSIQUES DE LA TABLE, a l'usage des practiciens et des gens du monde
- Author
- Fayot, Frederic (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Se vend Chez Martinon
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1844
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gastronomy, Culinary Arts, Cooking, Wine, Food, Cookery, French Literature, BOSTON-VBF
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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