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DUBOIS (Urbain). The pastry shop of today. Paris, E. Dentu, s.d. (1894). In-8, brown half-maroquin, spine decorated (Binding of the time). viii and 445 pp. First edition, illustrated with 209 figures in the text, of the last work of the chef, then retired in Nice. In this complement to the Grand livre des pâtissiers et des confiseurs, the "severe precepts of practice" are treated, while the ornamentation remains simple. It also contains chapters on hot and cold entremets, ice cream and preserves. Uniformly yellowed, rare foxing. Loose seams, spine slightly faded.
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DUBOIS (Urbain). The pastry shop of today. Paris, E. Dentu, s.d. (1894). In-8, brown half-maroquin, spine decorated (Binding of the time). viii and 445 pp. First edition, illustrated with 209 figures in the text, of the last work of the chef, then retired in Nice. In this complement to the Grand livre des pâtissiers et des confiseurs, the "severe precepts of practice" are treated, while the ornamentation remains simple. It also contains chapters on hot and cold entremets, ice cream and preserves. Uniformly yellowed, rare foxing. Loose seams, spine slightly faded.
