Lot n° 18
Estimation :
200 - 250
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CADET DE GASSICOURT [Anonymous] - Cours gastronomique ou les - Lot 18
CADET DE GASSICOURT [Anonymous] - Cours gastronomique ou les diners de Manant-Ville, ouvrage anecdotique, philosophique et littéraire ; seconde édition dédiée à la société Épicurienne du caveau moderne, séante au Rocher de Cancale.
Paris, Capelle et Renand, 1809.
In-8, full contemporary raspberry percaline, XX-364 pp Supra-libris de Croy. Copy without the gastronomic map of France, which is often missing. ORIGINAL EDITION (dedicated by the publishers to the Société épicurienne du Caveau moderne) of this collection of anecdotes and dialogues on eating and drinking, divided into thirty highly instructive chapters. Mention of a second edition, as parts of the course had previously been published in "l'Épicurien français", as the editors specify [Vicaire, 137]. "One of the best anecdotal collections of the period" [Oberlé, 171].
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