de BERCHOUX, Joseph: La gastronomie, poëme,... - Lot 82 - Vermot et Associés

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de BERCHOUX, Joseph: La gastronomie, poëme,... - Lot 82 - Vermot et Associés
de BERCHOUX, Joseph: La gastronomie, poëme, suivi des Poésies fugitives de l'auteur. Paris, chez Giguet et Michaux, 1805 - An XIII, fourth edition, corrected and enlarged, in-12, full cognac brown calf of period, decoration roulette between two gilded nets on plates, gilded decoration on smooth spine, 266 - (2) pp, on laid paper, large margins, gilt edges, frontispiece "le sénat ..."drawn by MYRIS and engraved by Delignone and 3 engravings outside the text by Monsiau and Myris engraved by Bovinet, Delvaux and Baquoy, Extract of the "decree concerning the counterfeiters and the debitans of counterfeit editions", "Envoi à Mme Larcher-D'Arcy", "Avertissement sur le deuxième édition", "Warning on the third edition", "Letter from the author of La Gastronomie", "Evening prayer of a poet", Notes of La Gastronomie, "Letter, critical, political, moral and philosophical, to the author of the poem of La Gastronomie", "Answer of the author", "Fugitive poetry", Table of contents. A great classic of culinary literature in its fourth edition with four engravings outside the text. This edition is the most complete and the most wanted with the first edition of 1801! The author (1760 - 1839) was both poet and journalist. This poem on the art of eating well brought him fame with a large audience. Very good condition of the paper; the spine of the binding has been redone (the jaws remaining very fragile) and small lacks in the fillets of the boards; the head gilding is dull; the engravings are in very good condition.
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