MENON]. Les Soupers de la cour ou L'Art de travailler toutes - Lot 127

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MENON]. Les Soupers de la cour ou L'Art de travailler toutes - Lot 127
MENON]. Les Soupers de la cour ou L'Art de travailler toutes sortes d'alimens, pour servir les meilleures tables, suivant les quatre saisons. Paris, Guillyn, 1755. 4 vol. in-12, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, red title and tomaisons, marbled edges (Binding of the time). Rare first edition of Menon's most famous work. It contains more than two thousand "royal" recipes, intended for the best tables; they "concern meat, fish, pastry, oysters, omelets and the service (preserves, jams, pastillages and decorative sands). The service is indicated in the margin" (Livres en bouche). The decoration of seasonal menus is given (flowerbeds, lawns, trees, flowers). Copy bearing at the beginning of the warning, the initial of Menon. Minor foxing. Bindings rubbed, small defects to the covers and spines. Vicaire, 591 - Bitting, 321. - Livres en bouche, 212.
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