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GASTRONOME FRANÇAIS (Le), ou L'Art de bien vivre, par les anciens auteurs du Journal des Gourmands. Paris, Charles Béchet, 1828. In-8, red half-maroquin, spine decorated with cold filets, untrimmed (Loutrel). 8 pp. (publisher's cat.), frontispiece drawn and engraved by Rouargue, viii pp., (3) pp. (prospectus for Le Courrier français), 503 pp. First edition of this collective work, written by former members of the gastronomic society Le Caveau moderne (to replace their Journal de Gourmands, published from 1806 to 1815 and now very rare). Grimod de La Reynière and Cadet-Gassicourt are the main authors. Printed by Balzac, anonymous author of the preliminary speech, the work is divided into five parts: Cours de littérature gastronomique; l'Année gourmande (recipes by month), the most important part; l'Éducation gastronomique (good manners and savoir-vivre); l'Hygiène de table; Produits de l'industrie gastronomique (liste par villes des spécialités et anecdotes gourmandes). Elegant binding. Some foxing. Vicar, 389.
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GASTRONOME FRANÇAIS (Le), ou L'Art de bien vivre, par les anciens auteurs du Journal des Gourmands. Paris, Charles Béchet, 1828. In-8, red half-maroquin, spine decorated with cold filets, untrimmed (Loutrel). 8 pp. (publisher's cat.), frontispiece drawn and engraved by Rouargue, viii pp., (3) pp. (prospectus for Le Courrier français), 503 pp. First edition of this collective work, written by former members of the gastronomic society Le Caveau moderne (to replace their Journal de Gourmands, published from 1806 to 1815 and now very rare). Grimod de La Reynière and Cadet-Gassicourt are the main authors. Printed by Balzac, anonymous author of the preliminary speech, the work is divided into five parts: Cours de littérature gastronomique; l'Année gourmande (recipes by month), the most important part; l'Éducation gastronomique (good manners and savoir-vivre); l'Hygiène de table; Produits de l'industrie gastronomique (liste par villes des spécialités et anecdotes gourmandes). Elegant binding. Some foxing. Vicar, 389.
