GASTRONOMIE - [MENON (Joseph)] - La cuisinière bourgeoise, suivie de L'office a l'usage de tous ceux qui se mêlent de dépenses de - 1790

[MENON (Joseph)]
La cuisinière bourgeoise, suivie de L'office à l'usage de tous ceux qui se mêlent de dépenses de maisons.
François Foppens, Brussels, 1790

Two volumes in one, in-12, (17 x 10.4 cm), XIX-(1)-223-(1) pp.; 218 pp., bound. Marbled calf, decorated spine, title piece in citron morocco, marbled edges. Contemporary binding. Head cap uncovered, small loss at foot cap, surface epidermure on a panel, beginning of a split at the first seam of leather on the back, worn corners. Good overall condition for a gastronomy work.

New enlarged edition of this classic of French gastronomy from the eighteenth century.

Joseph Menon (1700-1771) is a French cook and author of the eighteenth century, known for his cookery and pastry works that greatly contributed to the diffusion of French gastronomy of his era.

Manuscript ex-libris on the verso of the first endpaper.