BAUVILLIERS]. Manuel de cuisine ou Recueil de procédés sur l'art alimentaire, à l'usage des gourmands qui ne sont pas riches. Metz, Imprimerie de C.-M.-B. Antoine; Paris, Bélin, 1811. In-8, navy blue half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated (Lobstein-Laurenchet). False title, title, xiv pp., viii pp., 428 pp. Second printing, with new title, of the Manuel de la cuisine ou L'Art d'irriter la gueule (Metz, 1811). According to Oberlé, "Bauvilliers is a rather captious pseudonym intended to deceive buyers thanks to the analogy of the name with that of Beauvilliers, the famous restaurateur". Handwritten bookplate Madame Pompérine de Longwy. Some foxing. Angular staining, restorations to a few leaves. Vicaire, 75 - Oberlé, Fastes, 174 (initial title).

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