several old books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacean old book with a drawing of a group of people on itsomeone is holding a book with a drawing of flowers on it
Gros & Delettrez

Estimate €100 - €150
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19TH CENTURY. 19TH CENTURY MISCELLANEOUS LOT: 4 volumes - BARUE, Sulpice. *La Cuisinière de la campagne et de la ville, ou, la Nouvelle cuisine économique* (The Country and City Cook, or, New Economical Cooking). Paris: Audot, 1826. In-12, (2) folios, 336 pp., 9 plates including one in colour, contemporary half-basane, plain spine (binding worn). - [Collection of engravings]. [late 18th century]. Oblong 8vo, contemporary fawn half-basane. Explanation of the engravings contained in this first section. 12 pp. and 10 plates Explanation of the engravings contained in the second volume. 4 pp. and 8 plates Explanation of the engravings contained in the second volume. 8 pp. and 9 plates Fourth volume. Explanation of the engravings. 2 pp. 4 plates. Fifth booklet. Explanation of the engravings. 3 pp. 6 plates. Sixth booklet. Explanation of the engravings. 2 pp. 6 plates. Seventh booklet. Explanation of the engravings. 1 pp. 6 plates. Eighth booklet. Explanation of the engravings. 2 pp. 5 plates (remnant of a map of Paris; the map has been torn out). -BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of Taste. 1862 edition published by Charpentier. A fine copy. Very well-bound in aubergine half-chagrin, interior in very fresh condition. -One more school, one less prison Lons-le-Saunier, 1838 by the Société d’émulation du Jura in Lons-le-Saunier. Rare. In-12, fawn-coloured sheepskin with root-patterned spine, smooth and decorated, period wear, 116 pp. Handwritten note by the author’s grandson, Mr HENRY, a member of the Convention from Mailly, library label from the boarding school of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Passy-les-PARIS). Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of bookbindings, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and Academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
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