Charles Monselet - ‎Gastronomie - Récits de table [reliure de Bonleu] - 1874

Second edition, at the date of the original, of these gastronomic chronicles by the writer and journalist Charles Monselet (1825-1888).

Oberlé in notice 220 describes it as "one of the most charming books of the 19th century on the joys of the table. Besides gastronomic poems that sing of semolina, trout, pig... it contains numerous historical anecdotes (Molière's and Louis XIV's lunch, the piglet duel), stories of tables, restaurant memories, and many extraordinary recipes: beef nuts in fat, leg of wood soup, swan pâté..."

Vicaire notes that chapter VI is entirely dedicated to Grimod de la Reynière, of whom Monselet became the historian in 'The Forgotten and the Disdained' in 1861.

Copy established in a binding signed Bonleu in half-leather with corner bindings. Spine decorated with a rich and elegant mosaic and gilded design (garlands of flowers). Gilt head.

Condition: minor rubbing at the ends of the headbands and at the corners. Interior fresh, rare foxing. Beautiful uncut copy. Very good condition.

Charles Monselet
Gastronomy - Table Stories
Paris, Charpentier booksellers and publishers, 1874
in-8 (18.5 x 12 cm); 396 pages.