BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Aphorismes et variétés. Paris, Pour les Bib - Lot 456

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BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Aphorismes et variétés. Paris, Pour les Bib - Lot 456
BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Aphorismes et variétés. Paris, Pour les Bibliophiles du palais, 1940. In-folio, in sheets (Publisher's slipcase). 128 pp, (8) ff. Collection of maxims and anecdotes from La Physiologie du goût, illustrated with 20 large original etchings in the text by Raoul Dufy, in first printing, "free and poetic evocation of the sensual pleasures and entertainments" celebrated by Brillat-Savarin. "By an ironic destiny, this book, dedicated to gastronomy, appeared at the time when the war brought restriction and privation" (Oberlé). Edition at 200 copies on vellum of Rives. Copy n° 52, printed for Mr. Joseph Hild (1870-1945, lawyer and member of the Conseil de l'Ordre and Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur). Faded folder and slipcase. Oberlé, Fastes, 162.
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