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GASTRONOMY AND FOOD

The Property of a Catalan Collector and Former Chef
Lot 164

[MENON]
Cuisine et office de santé, propre à ceux qui vivent avec oeconomie & régime, FIRST EDITION, 1758; La cuisinière bourgeoise, third edition, Paris, Guillyn, 1750 (2)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[MENON]

Cuisine et office de santé, propre à ceux qui vivent avec oeconomie & régime, FIRST EDITION, half-title, some spotting, slight dampstain to lower outer corners, corners worn, spine repaired at head [Oberle 119; Vicaire 591], Paris, Le Clerc, Prault & Babuty, 1758; La cuisinière bourgeoise suivie de l'office à l'usage de tous ceux qui se mêlent de dépenses de maisons, third edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at foot of Ai as usual, dampstain in outer margins of first few gatherings, some scuffs [Oberle 114; Vicaire 236], Paris, Guillyn, 1750, both in contemporary French mottled calf, gilt panelled spines with floral tools, 12mo (2)

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The rare first edition of Menon's Cuisine et office de santé, together with the third edition of La Cuisinière bourgeoise, the last to be signed by the author.

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