VERDOT (C.). Historiography of the table. Paris, Chez l'aute - Lot 435

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VERDOT (C.). Historiography of the table. Paris, Chez l'aute - Lot 435
VERDOT (C.). Historiography of the table. Paris, Chez l'auteur, Séguien, 1833. In-18, half green long-grained morocco with small corners, smooth spine decorated, number G repeated (Binding of the period). viii pp, (4) ff, 384 pp. Second edition, published the same year as the original. Written in the form of a dictionary, this work contains numerous anecdotes and curious information (Louis XIV was the first in France to drink coffee in 1644; lettuce was imported into France by Rabelais on his return from Italy...). Autograph signed letter from the author to "Monsieur Justin, author of Alfred Nicolas". Justin was the pseudonym of the Belgian writer and magistrate Joseph-François-Charles Grandgagnage (1797-1877). Angular staining to the first few leaves. Binding rubbed, faded; erroneously, the gilt title on the spine reads "Bibliographie de la table". Vicaire, 859; Bitting, 477; Simon, 1533; Oberlé, Fastes, 511.
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