Gros & Delettrez
149
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[PRACTICAL LIVING AND EPICUREANISM].
See original version (French)
149
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[PRACTICAL LIVING AND EPICUREANISM].
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
[PRACTICAL LIVING AND EPICUREANISM].
SET of 2 titles in 5 volumes.
- GASTRONOMY. COOKING.
Paris, Comptoir français du livre, 1937.
4 volumes, large 8vo, publisher’s cardboard binding in red, blue, green and ochre, gilt titles on the upper covers (minor signs of wear). A collection on modern cooking, with numerous colour and black-and-white plates: Cold Dishes: Simple and Practical. Detailed Menus for the Housewife, 180 simple and middle-class menus. A Handbook of Vegetarian Cooking. Desserts.
- GOURDON-DOCQ (Co.). [FUNERAL SERVICES].
[Marblework Catalogue].
Charleville, Gourdon-Docq (lith. J. Fortant), (1903).
Small folio, light taupe cloth (spine missing and some leaves loose; annotations of dimensions and prices; one plate slightly creased; a few loose leaves).
An impressive and rare catalogue by the stonemason Gourdon-Docq, mainly featuring funerary monuments.
This copy was probably used by the company itself or a sales representative, as it bears numerous annotations of dimensions and price calculations.
Black-and-white plates: family vaults, funeral chapels, tombs, gravestones, fireplaces, vases, statues, and various sculpted ornaments
Includes 3 chromolithographic plates showing types of marble with their names. A large folio-sized fold-out plate of a tomb engraved in black, plates with photogravure images, and chromolithographic plates of tomb designs.
Includes a leaflet (1 folio), loose plates showcasing typographical designs for marble engravings, and a price list booklet:
- one folio: Plates from the 1903 Album / See: Blue Price List / 1903.
- 1903 price list. 32 pp. In-4, paperback, grey printed cover.
See original version (French)
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