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1971106088NY:: Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0394473434 . Translated from the French by M. F. K. Fisher. Stated first edition thus. Near fine in a very good age toning dust jacket. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark. . Knopf, hardcover
197912937New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. Third printing. Original cream colored cloth with gilt decorated front cover gilt titled spine. 443 pages with deckle fore-edge and red top-edge stain. In the definitive English translation by M. F. K. Fisher. "The most famous book ever written about food and man's taste for it Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste which was first published--at the author's expense--in 1825 is today considered the bible of all serious eaters. There have been many translations but there has never been one like M. F. K. Fisher's." Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher 1908 - 1992 is considered one of America's greatest writers. Her writings revere the art of eating simply but well of taking pleasure where it is found and of loving life with all of its challenges. This copy is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY M. F. K. FISHER to a close personal friend. "For Loverne Morris from Mary Frances with love always and the tacit agreement of J. A. Brillat-Savarin Glen Ellen 1984 MFK Fisher." Search our listings for other titles inscribed by M. F. K. Fisher. SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
199929360Washington DC:: Counterpoint 1999. First Printing of this Reprint Edition. A Very Good plus copy with previous owner inscription in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine. This edition reprints the 1994 Arion Press edition limited to just 200 numbered and signed copies. This edition reproduces the pages of the Arion edition in a slightly smaller format but including the Wayne Thiebaud illustrations. The book is considered the most "famous book ever written about food and man's taste for it." It was first published in 1825 and is today considered the bible of all serious eaters. The author discusses such topics as feasting and fasting the influence of gourmandism on marriage his definition of taste his investigation into digestion sleep and dreams and much more. Fisher's translation is the most celebrated due to her conversational notes and rich insights anecdotes and ruminations. Counterpoint, unknown
1989feb08609Meridiane 1989. Used. 1989; Romanian Edition of Fiziologia gustului Biblioteca de Arta Nr.490; For more details please contact me Meridiane unknown
1915010942Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1915. First Limited Edition Thus. Publishers Cloth. Very Good. Special edition printed at The Riverside Press limited to 375 copies this #229. Cloth spine a wee faded else near fine. Houghton Mifflin unknown
1915207377Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1915. Hardcover. VG. Limited Edition #71/350. 394 pages in very good clean condition. Six illustrations including frontispiece. Red cloth with gilt titles and illustrations. Spine is a little faded. Light wear on corners and edges. Book condition is VG. Comes in a black card slipcase. Beige label with black titles on the spine. Torn edges have been mended with tape. Slipcase condition is FAIR. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
19852090202118107411Iwanami Shoten Iwanami Bunko 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Iwanami Shoten Iwanami Bunko paperback
1961D19015Paris: Les Francs-Bibliophiles 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 25 mezzotint prints by Mario Avati. Loose signatures as issued in publisher's printed wrappers and board chemise black paper slipcase. Chemise sunned minimal wear. One of 75 copies on velin de Rives a la cuve printed for Éduard Loewy French bookseller. <br/><br/> Les Francs-Bibliophiles hardcover
1960120118Paris : Typographie Pierre-Gaudin 1960. 205x115mm. une gravure signÂŽe par Pierre Gaudin brochÂŽ. En feuilles. Couverture rempliÂŽe. Papier cristal dÕorigine conservÂŽe. Ce texte illsutrÂŽ dÕun dessin original de Pierre Gaudin a ÂŽtÂŽ composÂŽ ˆ la main en caractÂres Bodoni de corps 8 et tirÂŽ sur ses presses ˆ 120 exemplaires tous hors commerce et rÂŽservÂŽs aux Amis de Camille Renault. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 55 Typographie Pierre-Gaudin unknown
1926198893Paris: Jean Budry & Cie 1926. Paperback. Good jacket scuffed scratched & smudged w/ various chips & tears to edges. spine darkened w/ scuffs & marks; 1.5inch open narrow tear to back edge w/ 1inch angular tear to lower spine edge; ends rubbed w/ some erosion to top. thin wraps w/ tan jacket black printing. book xxxii 403 pp; uncut pages; bw frontispiece & one black plate tissue-guards. Please Note: Photo Is Of Another Copy We Currently Have In Our Inventory. Printed in edition of 400 copies this being number 370. Text is in French. Includes bibliographical references. Jean Budry & Cie paperback
1947113893Bruxelles : Editions La BoÂŽtie 1947. 245x170mm. 170Êpages reliure demi-maroquin ˆ coins avec titre auteur et filets dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq faux-nerfs 3 filets dorÂŽs sur les deux plats. Plat et garde papier marbrÂŽ. Tranche supÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Couverture supÂŽrieure conservÂŽe. Belle reliure. Exemplaire sur papier Alpha vergÂŽ supÂŽrieur des Papeteries Barjon-Moirans IsÂre numÂŽrotÂŽ n.¡ 342 / 4800. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 1088 Editions La Botie unknown
194795823Bruxelles : Editions La BoÂŽtie 1947. 240x160mm. 170Êpages percaline bleue piÂce de titre au dos couverture supÂŽrieure conservÂŽe.Exemplaire sur Alpha vergÂŽ non numÂŽrotÂŽ. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 953 Editions La Botie unknown
1926186937Paris: Jean Budry & Cie 1926. Paperback. Good jacket tanned darkened scuffed & smudged; chips tears to edges. spine tattered w/ erosion; binding visible. thin wraps w/ tan jacket black printing. book xxxii 403 pp; uncut pages; bw frontispiece & one black plate tissue-guards. Please Note: photo will differ from book particularly to spine. Printed in edition of 400 copies this being number 376. Text is in French. Includes bibliographical references. Jean Budry & Cie paperback
194746547Bruxelles: La Boetie 1947. Limited edition. Softcover. vg. 1/4800. Quarto 9 1/2 x 6 3/4". 4 xvii 1 178pp Vol. 1; 2 170 4pp Vol. 2. Uncut and unopened copy. Original glassine over printed wrappers with red and black lettring to front covers and spines.<br /> <br /> Originally published in December 1825 two months before the author's death the "Physiologie du goût" The Physiology of Taste has remained extremely important and has repeatedly been re-analyzed through the years. "In a series of meditations that owe something to Montaigne's Essays and have the discursive rhythm of an age of leisured reading and a confident pursuit of educated pleasures Brillat-Savarin discourses on the pleasures of the table which he considers a science. His French models were the stylists of the Ancien Régime: Voltaire Rousseau Fénelon Buffon Cochin and d'Aguesseau" see Hugh Chisholm's "Brillat-Savarin Anthelme" in Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th edition Cambridge University Press 1911 page 571.<br /> <br /> One of 4800 numbered copies on Alfa Verge paper.<br /> <br /> Some age-toning to glassine. Text in French. Wrappers and interior in very good condition. La Boetie unknown
1947304407Brussels Editions la Boetie 1947. 1947. 8vo. Illustrated in color and b/w by Joseph Hemard. Original stiff wrappers printed in green and black. Original glassine dust jackets. Fine fresh uncut and unopened. 2 volumes. Enclosed in the original publishers green board slipcase with matching folding chemise cracked. Number 175 of 4800 copies. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Brussels, Editions la Boetie, 1947. paperback
19678744Paris: Pierre Waleffe 1967. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Handsome 1967 re-issue of Brillat-Savarin's seminal 19th century text on the art of gastronomy. Clean and Near Fine in a bright Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Octavo 175 pgs. Text in French. Pierre Waleffe unknown
1945322491945. A Paris Les Arts du Livre Georges CrÂs 1926. 2 vol. au format gd in-8 248 x 168 mm de xlii - 252 pp. ; 300 pp. Reliures uniformes signÂŽes de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ et glacÂŽ sapin filet vertical gras ˆ froid portÂŽ sur chacun des plats dos lisses ornÂŽs d'un double filet d'encadrement dorÂŽs doubles filets dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs titre et tomaison dorÂŽs au centre d'un double ovale dorÂŽ date dorÂŽe en queue tÂtes mouchetÂŽes couvertures conservÂŽes. Bonvoisin. Tirage unique ˆ 566 exemplaires seulement. Ensemble - complet des deux volumes le constituant - revÂtu d'agrÂŽables reliures du temps signÂŽes Bonvoisin. ''LÂŽon Bonvoisin exerÂa son activitÂŽ de relieur de la fin du XIXÂme ˆ 1930 environ''. in FlÂŽty. Un des 520 exemplaires du tirage numÂŽrotÂŽ sur vergÂŽ Lafuma de cette ''intÂŽressante publication''. in Carteret. Il s'agrÂŽmente - ici en premier tirage - de 24 planches lithographiÂŽes ainsi que de 100 compositions dans le texte par Pierre Noury ; tirÂŽes par les soins de Mourlot. Lequel ''fut l'ÂŽlÂve de J.-P. Laurens. Il a participÂŽ ˆ de nombreux Salons : Automne Artistes franÂais Nationale des Beaux-Arts Humoristes etc. Il a illustrÂŽ une vingtaine de classiques de la littÂŽrature avec des bois ou des lithographies .''. in Osterwalder. ''Un seul livre suffit ˆ immortaliser ce magistrat nÂŽ ˆ Belley. Balzac de dÂŽclarer ˆ son propos : ''Depuis le XVIÂme siÂcle en dehors de La BruyÂre et de La Rochefoucauld aucun prosateur n'a su donner ˆ la langue franÂaise un tel relief''. Il est avec Grimod de la ReyniÂre celui qui a le plus sÂŽrieusement mÂŽditÂŽ sur l'art ''transcendantal'' du bien-manger.'''' in OberlÂŽ. Dans une sÂŽrie de mÂŽditations qui doivent quelque chose aux essais de Montaigne Brillat-Savarin discourt des plaisirs de la table quÕil traite comme une science. Cela non sans impertinence humour insolence et dÂŽrision ÇLivre divin ÂŽcrivait Hoffmann qui a portÂŽ ˆ lÕart de manger le flambeau du gÂŽnie.È ''Les aphorismes comme les maximes comme les proverbes sÕappliquent ˆ des rÂŽalitÂŽs qui sont aussi vieilles que lÕhumanitÂŽ; ils nÕinventent rien mais condensent en une formule dÂŽfinitive une sagesse millÂŽnaire; cÕest pourquoi Brillat-Savarin a pris sa place parmi les grands classiques.'' Balzac. FlÂŽty Dictionnaire des relieurs franÂais p. 29 - Monod I Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrÂŽs modernes 1958 - Osterwalder II Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 1.200 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 759 - Carteret IV Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile p. 82 Dos passÂŽs. LÂŽgÂres abrasions affectant l'un des mors. Quelques t‰ches au premier plat d'un des volumes. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
19234320DB1923. 2 Bände. Paris L. Carteret 1923. 4°. 279 S.; 258 S. Mit 1 Porträt 64 Radierungen von Léon Boisson und Louis Monzies nach Zeichnungen von Henri Pille und Maurice Leloir. Illustrierte Orig.-Broschuren mit Pergamin-Schutzumschlag. Monot 1962. Nr. VI von total 375 Exemplaren. Die Umschläge mit Gebrauchsspuren Einrissen und vergilbt. Der unregelmässige Schnitt stärker gebräunt. unknown
192610085Paris: Les Arts et le Livre 1926. Second-hand hardcover. <p>Brillat-Savarin. Physiologie du Gout: ou meditations de gastronomie. Les Arts et le Livre: Paris 1926. 8vo 240x165mm 2 vols half bnd red morocco marbled bds & eps gilt lettered t.e gilt 252300pp. #239/566 illustrated by Pierre Noury Near Fine/-</p> <p><br /> BRILLAT-SAVARIN Jean-Anthelme 1755-1826<br /> <br /> Physiologie du Goût ou Mediations de Gastronomie transcendante ouverage théorique historique et a l'ordre du jour<br /> <br /> Paris: Les Arts et Le Livre 1926. Limited Edition of 566 copies. Printed by Marius Audin Lyon; lithography by J Mourlot et fils Paris; bound by Dubois d'Enghien-Dooms. In French.<br /> <br /> Octavo 240x170mm in two volumes half bound cherry-red long-grain morocco spine gilt decorated and ruled in six compartments marbled boards and end-papers; top-edge gilt; original wrappers with colour vignettes bound in; 2xlii2528pp 283004pp. Number #239 of 520 on Lafuma vergé paper.<br /> <br /> One hundred in text and twenty-four full page inset. striking twentieth century black and white engraved illustrations by Pierre Noury 1894-1981. A French painter engraver and illustrator Noury studied and exhibited in Paris from 1920 to 1940. He designed the costumes and sets for an opera as well as murals posters and book illustrations. He was also the author of a history of painting and children's books.<br /> <br /> Published on the 100th anniversary of the first commercial edition 1826. <br /> <br /> <br /> Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician during and after the French revolution. Renowned as an epicure and gastronome he worked on his Physiologie du Gout all his life assembling it just before he died; it was privately published at his expense just two months before his death. Neither a cookery book nor a memoir it is rather a discussion of the nature of eating in its widest sense. It starts with twenty gastronomical "aphorismes" perhaps the best known being "IV tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are"; then thirty "méditations" and finishes with twenty-seven 'variétés' in the form of anecdotes adventures recipes and inventions.<br /> <br /> "For the French and outsides alike this work early attained the status of an exemplary culinary text perhaps the exemplary text. the Physiology of Taste civilizes eating. Moreover it socializes food and it does so by recounting in story after story our social relations with food. it appears to us today as something of a sociology of taste ahead of its time" Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson Accounting for Taste: The Triumph of French Cuisine Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2004 p. 31<br /> <br /> <br /> An instant success Physiologie du Gout has never been out of print since.<br /> <br /> A lovely near fine private press edition of the most renowned book on gastronomy.</p> Les Arts et le Livre unknown
1997125263Paris: Le Grand Livre du Mois 1997. Relié. Bon état. in-8. . Le Grand Livre du Mois unknown
196747271Alpignano: Tallone 1967. In-4 p. 2 volumi brossura astuccio custodia pp. XXIX237; 259; ben illustrati fuori testo da 8 tavv di figure dettagliatamente descritte. E questo un testo fondamentale per chi si occupa di gastronomia. Cfr. Vicaire pp. 116-121 che cita le numerosiss edizioni dellOttocento a partire alla prima del 1826.Pregevole edizione di 1000 esemplari numerati. Il ns. 772 è in ottimo stato. Tallone, unknown
1945153201945. Aux éditions littéraires et artistiques Paris 1945. 2 volumes in/8 en feuillets sous couverture rempliée chemises cartonnées et étui illustrations de Sylvain Sauvage : 130 compositions dans le texte en couleur. Monod 1960. Ouvrages non coupés. Rousseurs à lintérieur des chemises dos des chemises jaunies. unknown
195314207Charpentier Paris 1853 1953. OHLn 525s.in gutem Zustand AZC91 2 HC Charpentier, Paris 1853, hardcover
1948Alibris.0000663Belley: Librairie Gustave Adam 1948. Nouvelle edition publiee d'apres l'edition originale. Vellum. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Small tears in front cover former owner's name in front binding tight text clean and unmarked. Text in French ill. 477 p.; 21 cm. Librairie Gustave Adam hardcover
1981Q-0140461574Penguin Books 1981-07-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
