Menon - La cuisinière bourgeoise, suivie de l'office - 1804

The Cuisinière Bourgeoise, followed by L'Office, by Menon. In Lyon, at Amable Leroy's, 1805 (An XIII). A famous Napoleonic-era French cookbook. Period half-leather binding with marble boards and the title printed in gold on the spine. A fascinating exemplar enriched by period manuscript annotations on the endpapers and at the end of the volume. Interiors overall solid and legible, with foxing of the period and slight marginal losses (corner worn on two pages). Binding worn but stable, with wear and flaking to the covers and edges consistent with the age.