THIS (Hervé) and Claude DÉLIAS. Lettres gourmandes. Nice, Ja - Lot 536

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THIS (Hervé) and Claude DÉLIAS. Lettres gourmandes. Nice, Ja - Lot 536
THIS (Hervé) and Claude DÉLIAS. Lettres gourmandes. Nice, Jane Otmezguine, 2002. Publisher's box large in-4, 30 x 32 cm, covered with beige brocaded cloth on a purple mottled background, silk-screen printed title vignette, inner compartments of sycamore. First edition of this superb bibliophile publication dedicated to molecular gastronomy. It contains : - 6 letters from Hervé This, physicist and chemist, to chef Pierre Gagnaire, on the combination of chemistry and gastronomy - reproduced in facsimiles and transcribed in garamond. - 6 envelopes illustrated from the author's drawings and documents, by an original hand-colored assembly by Claude Délias. - 2 accompanying objects created by Claude Délias: a text ajour (text written and cut by the artist) and a "Bouchée de langage" (evocative words sculpted on a resin fork). - Original photograph by Hervé This. Limited edition of 60 copies, signed by the author and the artist, of which 4 are off the market. One of the 6 first copies, with the autograph manuscript of one of the 6 letters and an original work of the artist.
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