Horace Raisson - Code Gourmand, manuel complet de gastronomie - 1829

Good enriched edition with a frontispiece and a fold-out gastronomic map of France. This work devoted to the art of good eating, table manners, and all practical and social knowledge surrounding French gastronomy at the beginning of the 19th century -

Designed as a true guide to food etiquette, the book does not limit itself to providing recipes, but seeks to present the principles of an elegant, organized, and refined table, giving significant emphasis to the choice of foods, their preparation, presentation, and the manner of serving them -

Horace Raisson is thus interested in gastronomy as a set of rules that can transform the meal into a genuine cultural practice, where the quality of the dishes must be accompanied by appropriate service, a judicious order of courses, and knowledge of worldly usages -

Horace Raisson - Code Gourmand, complete manual of gastronomy - 1829 - J.-P. Roret -
342 pages -

Poor binding condition, paperback in its original full cloth-covered binding, wear from use, some major defects on covers and spine, partially missing and worn cover, torn spine, missing headcaps, part of the back nearly broken, corner wear, rubbed edges, smooth quiet spine -

Good interior condition, some stains, enriched with a frontispiece and a fold-out gastronomic map of France, a fascinating copy -

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