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58 - [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIÈRE, Alexandre Balthazar]. A Host’s Handb…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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[GRIMOD DE LA REYNIÈRE, Alexandre Balthazar]. A Host’s Handbook, containing a treatise on the carving of meat at the table, a list of the latest menus for each season, and the essentials of gourmet etiquette. First edition of this gastronomic handbook intended to educate the new bourgeoisie in the art of fine dining. Paris, Capelle & Renand, 1808. In-8, fawn half-basane with vellum corners, smooth spine richly decorated with fleurons and gold stucco. 356 pp., one frontispiece and 16 plates. Binding rubbed at the edges and covers, cap bands missing, small tear at the lower joint, scattered foxing, mainly on the edges. A sought-after first edition of the finest work by Grimod de La Reynière, the founder of gourmet literature, in which he sets out a ‘theory of good dining’ (p. 5). The first part is devoted to the art of carving meat and fish. It is illustrated with 16 plates drawn and engraved by Jean-François Tourcaty. The second part deals with menus, and the final part contains the ‘Éléments de politesse gourmande’, a code of etiquette aimed at social climbers who rose to prominence during the Revolution. [In French in the text, no. 217]. A fine copy in a contemporary binding.
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