Prosper Montagné - Larousse Gastronomique - 1938

Original edition of Larousse Gastronomique, published in 1938 under the direction of Prosper Montagné, with the collaboration of Auguste Escoffier and Philéas Gilbert.
A major work of culinary literature, considered the first illustrated gastronomic dictionary.

This copy is in remarkable condition:

Pages never opened

Interior perfectly clean

Binding solid and intact

Green embossed cover with original gilding
Spine insolé.
Thick paper, typical of the 1938 print run

Printer’s note: Imprimerie Larousse, 1 to 9 Rue d’Arcueil, Montrouge (Seine)
Printing code: 958‑6‑38 → legal deposit June 1938.

Complete work, without missing pages, without tears, without annotations.
Very good overall condition
Interior fresh, clean, not handled
Original binding in excellent condition, spine insolé.
Pagination: 4 p., (preface), 1087 p.
Dimensions: 27 cm × 21.5 cm × 6 cm
Fast, careful shipment with tracking