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KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

134 - [GASTRONOMY]. ESCOFFIER (Auguste). Les Fleurs en cire.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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[GASTRONOMY]. ESCOFFIER (Auguste). Les Fleurs en cire. A sought-after work by Escoffier on the art of making artificial bouquets, which chefs used to learn how to create. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'art culinaire, 1910. 8vo (185 × 342 mm), green half-basane, ribbed spine, author, title and fleur-de-lis embossed in gold. Covers preserved. 94 pp. Normal wear and tear. Second edition, largely original, following the extremely rare first edition of 1885. The volume is adorned with a portrait of the author on the frontispiece and a photograph of a wax magnolia he created for the 1902 London Culinary Exhibition. The illustrations also include 40 engravings within the text. A copy from the standard paper run, following the 250 numbered first edition copies. Oberlé, no. 260. Provenance: Maurice Lacroix, with bookplate.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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