ALI-BAB (Henri BABINSKI, under the pseudonym of). Practical - Lot 443

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ALI-BAB (Henri BABINSKI, under the pseudonym of). Practical - Lot 443
ALI-BAB (Henri BABINSKI, under the pseudonym of). Practical Gastronomy. Culinary studies, followed by the treatment of the obesity of the gourmands. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1923. Fort in-4, pale green morocco decorated on the first plate with a beautiful pyrographed and tinted decoration, representing a medallion loaded with vegetables, some others protruding, on the second plate, fine garland of foliage, spine with nerves, cold inner scroll, double endpapers, cover and spine, untrimmed, case (Binding of the time). (1) f. of dedication, false title, title, 1107 pp., (1) f. Third edition, partly original, of this very complete book, opening on a long history of gastronomy. It is enriched with a study on edible mushrooms, another on wine and new recipes. First published in 1907, this was the first book to deal with obese people (9 pages in fine). One of the 20 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma, n° 3, with a mailing from the author and printed especially for Mrs Marie Waldeck-Rousseau, wife of the minister and future president of the council Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846-1904). Pleasant binding. Rubbing, case broken. Oberlé, Fastes, 274 (1912).
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