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CARÊME (Antonin), Alexis-François AULAGNIER, ÉTIENNE, GAUBERT. - Set of 7 works in uniform binding. 16 vol. in-8, half-brown basane with corners decorated with a cold webbed scroll, smooth spine decorated with cold and double-gilt fillets (Modern binding). - AULAGNIER (Alexis-François). Dictionary of indigenous and exotic food substances, and their properties. Paris, Pillet aîné, 1830. 2 vols. First covers restored and preserved. I) xv and 332 pp. - II) Faux-title, title, 356 pp. 4 pp. (cat. editor). First edition. Member of the Academy of Medicine, Aulagnier (1767-1839) was appointed in 1806 physician of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, and of Queen Julie; he dedicated the second edition of this dictionary to them. "His dictionary is a mine of very valuable information on food products from all over the world, with historical, literary, anecdotal, scientific, gastronomic and medical notes. It also contains recipes." (Oberlé). Autograph signed letter from the author "to Mademoiselle Cardilleau". Some foxing, wetness. Small restorations to the false-title of volume I. Vicaire, 56 - Oberlé, Fastes, 465 - Bitting, 21. - CARÊME (Antonin). The Art of French cooking in the nineteenth century. Paris, by the author, 1833-1844. 5 vols. First edition of Carême's most important work, a practical treatise with literary and historical notes. It is illustrated with 4 engraved title-frontispices and a frontispiece plate in volume V, 2 portraits and 24 folding plates. Autograph signature of the author. Some foxing. Vicar, 146. - CARÊME (Antonin). Le Cuisinier parisien. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1828. Engraved title-frontispiece, 422 pp. 24 engraved plates after the author's drawings, most of them folding. Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, published the same year as the original. Autograph signature of the author. Some foxing. Doubled false-title. Restorations in the margins of some leaves and plates. First quire unbound. Vicar, 146. - CARÊME (Antonin). The Royal Parisian Pastry Chef. Paris, J. G. Dentu, 1815. 2 vols. I) Engraved title-frontispiece, xxi pp. ii pp. 482 pp. pl. 2 to 33 engraved after the author's drawings. - II) Title, 447 pp. pl. 34 to 70. First edition. Autograph signature of the author, repeated. Some foxing, traces of glue in fine. Volume I, doubled false-title. Vicar, 144. - CARÊME (Antonin). Le Maître d'hôtel français. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1823. 2 vols. I) (2) ff. iv pp. 348 pp. 12 folding tables and 2 large folding plates (tables of 100 and 80 to 90 place settings) - II) False title, engraved frontispiece, title, 282 pp. (1) f. of errata, 12 folding tables, and 6 large folding plates. Edition published one year after the rare original of this collection of ancient and modern menus. Autograph signature of the author. Freckles, small angular wetnesses. Vicaire, 145 (1822). - Le Conservateur, containing 1° Le Livre de tous les ménages by Appert. - 2° Anciens procédés de conservation, by F**, former secretary of Carême - 3° Monographie des vins, by Joubert, Bouchard and Louis Leclerc. Paris, au dépôt, 1858. (2) ff, xvi and 472 pp, (1) f. of table, 5 plates. First edition of this sum of the collection A. Carême, which gathers all the knowledge on preservation: before the processes of Nicolas Appert and after Appert (his famous treatise - which led to the invention of the can - is here in its fifth edition). Ex-libris stamp GT. - ÉTIENNE. Traité de l'office. Paris, by the author, 1859. 2 vols. I) false-title, title, (2) ff. 47 pp. out of 50 : pp. 49-50 bound in volume II (hors d'oeuvres), 111 pp. (compotes), 222 pp. (for 224 - petits fours, 2 plates). - II) false-title, title, iii pp., (2) ff. (Supplements to volume I), 40 pp. (preserves), 11 pp. (candied fruits), 19 pp. (coffee, chocolate, tea), 202 pp. (ice cream), 1 bl. f., 220 pp. (miscellaneous, 5 of 7 plates of set pieces), (1) f. errata. New edition of this treatise, published in 1845-1846 by a former officer of the British Embassy. It is increased with supplements, and each chapter is treated with a special pagination. First published in booklets in the collection A. Carême, it is one of the most complete on the service: it deals with hors d'oeuvres, compotes, petits fours, candied fruits, ice creams and sweets, but also with know-how, presentation, sandblasting decorations and flowers. Faint foxing and wetness. Vicaire, 347 - Oberlé, Fastes, 208 - Simon, 616 - Bitting, 147 (1847). - GAUBERT (Dr. Paul). Hygiene of the digestion. Followed by a new dictionary of foods. Paris, au dépôt, Tresse, Dentu, 1845. Title, (1) f. pp. (vii) to xvi, 552 pp. First edition of this work
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CARÊME (Antonin), Alexis-François AULAGNIER, ÉTIENNE, GAUBERT. - Set of 7 works in uniform binding. 16 vol. in-8, half-brown basane with corners decorated with a cold webbed scroll, smooth spine decorated with cold and double-gilt fillets (Modern binding). - AULAGNIER (Alexis-François). Dictionary of indigenous and exotic food substances, and their properties. Paris, Pillet aîné, 1830. 2 vols. First covers restored and preserved. I) xv and 332 pp. - II) Faux-title, title, 356 pp. 4 pp. (cat. editor). First edition. Member of the Academy of Medicine, Aulagnier (1767-1839) was appointed in 1806 physician of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, and of Queen Julie; he dedicated the second edition of this dictionary to them. "His dictionary is a mine of very valuable information on food products from all over the world, with historical, literary, anecdotal, scientific, gastronomic and medical notes. It also contains recipes." (Oberlé). Autograph signed letter from the author "to Mademoiselle Cardilleau". Some foxing, wetness. Small restorations to the false-title of volume I. Vicaire, 56 - Oberlé, Fastes, 465 - Bitting, 21. - CARÊME (Antonin). The Art of French cooking in the nineteenth century. Paris, by the author, 1833-1844. 5 vols. First edition of Carême's most important work, a practical treatise with literary and historical notes. It is illustrated with 4 engraved title-frontispices and a frontispiece plate in volume V, 2 portraits and 24 folding plates. Autograph signature of the author. Some foxing. Vicar, 146. - CARÊME (Antonin). Le Cuisinier parisien. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1828. Engraved title-frontispiece, 422 pp. 24 engraved plates after the author's drawings, most of them folding. Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, published the same year as the original. Autograph signature of the author. Some foxing. Doubled false-title. Restorations in the margins of some leaves and plates. First quire unbound. Vicar, 146. - CARÊME (Antonin). The Royal Parisian Pastry Chef. Paris, J. G. Dentu, 1815. 2 vols. I) Engraved title-frontispiece, xxi pp. ii pp. 482 pp. pl. 2 to 33 engraved after the author's drawings. - II) Title, 447 pp. pl. 34 to 70. First edition. Autograph signature of the author, repeated. Some foxing, traces of glue in fine. Volume I, doubled false-title. Vicar, 144. - CARÊME (Antonin). Le Maître d'hôtel français. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1823. 2 vols. I) (2) ff. iv pp. 348 pp. 12 folding tables and 2 large folding plates (tables of 100 and 80 to 90 place settings) - II) False title, engraved frontispiece, title, 282 pp. (1) f. of errata, 12 folding tables, and 6 large folding plates. Edition published one year after the rare original of this collection of ancient and modern menus. Autograph signature of the author. Freckles, small angular wetnesses. Vicaire, 145 (1822). - Le Conservateur, containing 1° Le Livre de tous les ménages by Appert. - 2° Anciens procédés de conservation, by F**, former secretary of Carême - 3° Monographie des vins, by Joubert, Bouchard and Louis Leclerc. Paris, au dépôt, 1858. (2) ff, xvi and 472 pp, (1) f. of table, 5 plates. First edition of this sum of the collection A. Carême, which gathers all the knowledge on preservation: before the processes of Nicolas Appert and after Appert (his famous treatise - which led to the invention of the can - is here in its fifth edition). Ex-libris stamp GT. - ÉTIENNE. Traité de l'office. Paris, by the author, 1859. 2 vols. I) false-title, title, (2) ff. 47 pp. out of 50 : pp. 49-50 bound in volume II (hors d'oeuvres), 111 pp. (compotes), 222 pp. (for 224 - petits fours, 2 plates). - II) false-title, title, iii pp., (2) ff. (Supplements to volume I), 40 pp. (preserves), 11 pp. (candied fruits), 19 pp. (coffee, chocolate, tea), 202 pp. (ice cream), 1 bl. f., 220 pp. (miscellaneous, 5 of 7 plates of set pieces), (1) f. errata. New edition of this treatise, published in 1845-1846 by a former officer of the British Embassy. It is increased with supplements, and each chapter is treated with a special pagination. First published in booklets in the collection A. Carême, it is one of the most complete on the service: it deals with hors d'oeuvres, compotes, petits fours, candied fruits, ice creams and sweets, but also with know-how, presentation, sandblasting decorations and flowers. Faint foxing and wetness. Vicaire, 347 - Oberlé, Fastes, 208 - Simon, 616 - Bitting, 147 (1847). - GAUBERT (Dr. Paul). Hygiene of the digestion. Followed by a new dictionary of foods. Paris, au dépôt, Tresse, Dentu, 1845. Title, (1) f. pp. (vii) to xvi, 552 pp. First edition of this work
