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GASTRONOMY AND FOOD

The Property of a Catalan Collector and Former Chef
Lot 160

DUBOIS (URBAIN) AND EMILE BERNARD
La cuisine classique. Études pratiques, raisonnées et démonstratives de l'école française appliquée au service à la russe, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1856; and 7 others (9)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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DUBOIS (URBAIN) AND EMILE BERNARD

La cuisine classique. Études pratiques, raisonnées et démonstratives de l'école française appliquée au service à la russe, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, tinted lithographed frontispiece after Jehenne, 215 images on 38 lithographed plates by Muller after the authors, errata leaf at end, some foxing throughout, contemporary roan, gilt borders on sides, gilt panelled spines (faded), rubbed with a few score-marks [Bitting 132; Vicaire 289], Paris, Chez les auteurs, 1856--DUMAS (ALEXANDRE) Grand dictionnaire de cuisine, FIRST EDITION, 2 etched portraits, 24-page catalogue at end, occasional spotting, title and last leaf strengthened with tape at inner edge, stamp of 'Hans Bernhard, Buchhandlung, Cher' at foot of title, contemporary morocco-backed boards, rebacked preserving original spine [Bitting 135; Oberlé 238; Vicaire 297], Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1873--BURNET (M., "Ex-Officier de bouche") Dictionnaire de cuisine et d'économie ménagère. A l'usage des maîtres et maîtresses de maison, fermiers, maîtres d'hote, chefs de cuisine, chefs d'office, restaurateurs, patissiers, marchands de comestibles, confiseurs, distillateurs &c., 11 engraved plates, illustrations, some foxing and occasional dampstaining, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked preserving most of original spine [Bitting, 69; Vicaire, 132], Paris, à la Librairie usuelle, 1836--FAVRE (JOSEPH) Dictionnaire universel de cuisine et d'hygiène alimentaire, 4 vol., illustrations, BOOKPLATE OF ANTON MOSIMANN in each volume, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, spines worn, 2 volumes with binding detached [Bitting 154; Cagle 189; Oberlé 258, "la plus grande encyclopédie culinaire jamais réalisée"; Vicaire 356], Paris, chez tous les libraires &c., [1894]--BABINSKI (HENRI) 'Ali-Bab'. Gastronomie pratique, études culinaires suivies du traitement de l'obésité des gourmands, third edition enlarged, contemporary cloth (front hinge split), publisher's printed wrappers bound in [Bitting 23], Paris, Flammarion, [1923], 4to and large 8vo (9)

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