No. 95089556

Alexandre Baltazar Grimod de La Reynière - Almanach des Gourmands, servant de guide dans les moyens de faire excellente chère. - 1984
No. 95089556

Alexandre Baltazar Grimod de La Reynière - Almanach des Gourmands, servant de guide dans les moyens de faire excellente chère. - 1984
First reissue in facsimile of the eight volumes of this famous culinary almanac, rebound in the traditional manner under a slipcase by Valmer-Bibliophilie editions in Paris (1984).
Reprint of the third edition of 1804, augmented with a preface by Robert J. Courtine.
Very rare copy from the luxury edition.
One of the 1,000 numbered copies bears the number 583 on the justification of the eighth and last volume.
A valuable testimony on eating habits after the French Revolution. It provides numerous information about restaurants and food merchants, as well as tasty anecdotes about soups, snacks, dinner, desserts, pastries, and spirits (beers, liqueurs, etc.).
Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece engraving (beautiful reproductions of period engravings).
Modern reproductions of 18th-century-style furniture.
Half-brown-red leather, back with nerves decorated with gold decorations. Title and volume pieces.
In a marbled cardboard case in poor condition and broken.
Excellent condition copy for the books.
Alexandre Baltazar Grimod de La Reynière
Almanac of Gourmets, serving as a guide for preparing excellent dishes.
First [-eighth] year.
Paris, at Maradan's, Year XII - 1804
in-12 (13.5 x 8.5 cm) ;
Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece engraving: XVIII-281 + XXII-318 + XVI-344 + XX-336 + XIV-12 (calendar) 362 + XII-332 + XVI-340 + XIV-360 pages.
Subject: Gastronomy, Oenology, 1/50 of a head, Almanac, Grimod de La Reynière, 1804, Pastry, Alcohols, Engravings, Reprint, 1984
2200 grams
25.5 x 15 x 9.5 cm
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