Prosper Montagné - Larousse Gastronomique - 1938

Superb illustrated edition of 1850 engravings and 16 color plates of this dictionary designed by Prosper Montagné, one of the monuments of French culinary literature, bringing together in an exhaustive encyclopedia all gastronomic knowledge, culinary techniques, recipes, products and traditions that form the heritage of national and international cuisine -

The work, the fruit of scholarly and methodical labor, illustrates the will to give gastronomy a scientific and cultural place, equipping it with a complete dictionary that combines lexicographic rigor, precision of definitions and richness of illustrations -

Montagné, renowned chef and pedagogue, unfolds an encyclopedic vision that embraces as much the history of dishes and beverages as the preparation methods, the utensils, the great names of cuisine and table customs, offering the reader a volume that goes beyond a simple collection of recipes to become a true treatise on culinary civilization -

The editorial quality of Larousse, the rarity of the first editions and the importance of this volume in the transmission of gastronomic knowledge confer to this work an exceptional bibliophilic and cultural value, as a tangible and intellectual witness of the French ambition to make cuisine an art and a universal science -

Prosper Montagné - Larousse Gastronomique - SD (circa 1938) - Librairie Larousse -
V + 1087 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full green percaline binding nicely decorated with gold motifs and blind-stamped on the front cover and spine, light signs of wear, spines cracked with minor loss of material, headbands and corners worn, smooth spine adorned, gilded lettering -

Good interior condition, title page printed in red and black, text in two columns, work enriched with 1850 engravings and 16 color plates hors texte, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy -

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