DUBOIS, Urbain: La cuisine d'aujourd'hui. 800 pages - 270 dr - Lot 23

DUBOIS, Urbain: La cuisine d'aujourd'hui. 800 pages - 270 drawings, for restaurants, hotels and private homes. Service des déjeuners, service des dîners, 300 manières de préparer les œufs, comment composer un menu, 200 menus de déjeuners, diners, suppers, buffet froid, cartes du jour. Paris, Flammarion, S.d. (circa 1930), 79e mille, 16th edition, enlarged and updated by Félix Urbain-Dubois (his son), large pt. in-4, br. with red printed cover, XX - 787 pp, frontispiece printed in red, 220 drawings in black including 40 engraved plates, at the end of the volume a two-column "vocabulaire des termes de cuisine", Table des matières, an inserted and glued leaflet from "Editions Urbain-Dubois" and a 12-page booklet on pink paper of inserted and glued advertisements reprinting the "release" of the 28-page in-4 "Cartes des vins" book with "beautiful illustrations" on vines and wine. There's no need to introduce the author, whose name is such a reference in late 19th and early 20th century cuisine. The first edition of this book dates from 1889; this is the sixteenth, with numerous additions and updates by Urbain Dubois's second son, Félix. Essentially written for young cooks, this is the first special treatise on lunches; the second, more classic part, is intended for dinners. Urbain Dubois is the precursor of "Russian-style" service, i.e., service directly on the plate presented to each guest, as opposed to "French-style" service, where the dishes are all placed on the table and each guest serves himself as he pleases and in the order he wishes! Numerous illustrations of dishes and seasonal menus. The frontispiece is printed in red. An indispensable "tool" for all young cooks. The pages are not "cut", so never consulted! RARE. Very good condition; the edges of the paper cover are slightly rubbed; a 10 cm tear on the spine, but not missing!