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GASTRONOMY AND FOOD

The Property of a Catalan Collector and Former Chef
Lot 157

BRILLAT-SAVARIN (JEAN ANTHELME)]
Physiologie du goût, ou méditations de gastronomie... Dédié aux Gastronomes parisiens, par un professeur, 2 vol., second edition, Paris, A. Sautelet, 1828; and 9 others (11)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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[BRILLAT-SAVARIN (JEAN ANTHELME)]

Physiologie du goût, ou méditations de gastronomie... Dédié aux Gastronomes parisiens, par un professeur, 2 vol., second edition (the first to contain a note about the hitherto anonymous and now deceased author), half-titles, some foxing, modern morocco-backed boards preserving most of original backstrips [Oberlé 145], 8vo, Paris, A. Sautelet, 1828; idem, 2 vol., fourth edition, half-titles, bookplates of Abbé L. Cresp, Chanoine du Chapitre, Abbaye de Saint-Denis and Charles Cresp, modern calf-backed boards, spines tooled in gilt and blind with leather labels, 3 of the 4 publisher's printed wrappers bound in, 8vo [Oberlé 149; Vicaire 117], Paris, Just Tessier, 1834; idem, first single volume edition, fifth edition overall, half-title, some spotting, worming in margins of a few leaves, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt panelled spine [cf. Vicaire 121, variant title-page], 12mo, Paris, Charpentier, 1838; idem, 2 vol.. pocket edition, some foxing in volume 1, blue morocco gilt by Jordi, 1971, decorative gilt spines, t.e.g., publisher's printed wrappers bound in, preserved in morocco-edged slipcases, 32mo, Paris, Librairie de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 1890; idem, another edition, modern red morocco-backed boards, spine tooled in gilt and blind, publisher's wrappers bound in, Paris, Garnier frères, [c.1900]--JOBEY (CHARLES) La chasse et la table. Nouveau traité en vers et en prose, half-title, additional engraved title, 16-page catalogue at end, modern red morocco gilt with hunting horn motif on sides and spine, t.e.g., publisher's wrappers bound in, morocco-edged slipcase [Oberlé 677, this copy; Vicaire 465] 8vo, Paris, Furne, [1864]--Almanach de cocagne pour l'an 1920, text by Cocteau, Satie, Balzac, Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Nerval, Max Jacob, Mac Orlan, etc., illustrations (some full-page) after Raoul Dufy, Laboureur, Friesz and others, stitching loose, ink stamp of Daniel Devoto (Argentinian writer) and his wife Maria del Valle-Inclán (daughter of the author Ramón María del Valle-Inclán), publisher's illustrated wrappers, 8vo, Paris, Éditions de La Sirène, [1919]--Almanach des Gourmands 1932, illustrations throughout, modern cloth, publisher's illustrated wrappers bound in, 4to, Paris, A. Fayard, [1931] (11)

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