Almanach des gourmand, servant de guide dans les moyens de faire excellente chère. Par un vieil amateur. Cinquième année. Contenant un grand nombre d'Articles de Morale de Politesse et d'Hygiène gourmandes, plusieurs Recettes gourmandes inédites et curieuses; un petit Traité des Diners par Coeur, du Savoir-vivre et des Offres-réelles...
Paris: Chez Maradan, 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #23818
xiv, [12], 362pp. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, decorated and lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. The monthly calendar is printed on blue paper. Considered by many the founding father of culinary journalism, the eclectic Grimod de la Reynière started publishing the Almanach des gourmand in 1804. Armorial morocco bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Wear to extremities, rubbing, small loss to head of spine, front hinge starting. A good+ copy. In the French language. In Bitting, p. 202. ; 24mo.
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