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Brillat-Savarin (Anthelme) :Livre Rare Book

Aphorismes. Menus et Variétés. Gravures originales à la manière noire de Mario Avati.

19616087Paris, Les Francs Bibliophiles, 1961 ; in-8 en feuilles ; couverture crème imprimée en bleu marine rempliée, étui de suédine noire (emboitage de l'éditeur) ; (3) ff. blancs, 108, (8) pp., (3) ff. blancs, 25 gravures dont 1 en frontispice, protégées par des serpentes de papier de soie.

Librairie Ancienne Clagahé · Saint Symphorien d’Ozon, France2 300,00 €

Avati Mario; Brillat Savarin; MARIO AVATIABAA

Aphorisms Menu et Varietes.

1961520691961. AVATI Mario. Aphorismes Menus et Variétés. By Brillat-Savarin. 108 8 pp. Frontispiece and 24 mezzotints by Avati. 8vo. bound in original wrappers in chemise and ultra-suede slipcase. Paris: Les Francs-Bibliophiles 1961. A tour-de-force of book illustration. Avati who is a master of the mezzotint process displays his virtuosity in the 25 jewel-like prints which illustrate this famous gastronomic text. One of 175 copies privately printed and never offered for sale. Strachan 325. unknown books

Ursus Books · États-Unis1 650,00 $US≈ 1 396,06 €

[DUFY (Raoul)] BRILLAT-SAVARIN :Livre Rare Book

Aphorismes et Variétés.

1940LIQ-169P. Les Bibliophiles du Palais 1940. In-4° en ff sous chemise et étui (petite déchirure sans manque sur la couverture).

Librairie In-Quarto · Marseille, France1 200,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Anthelme).Livre Rare Book

Aphorismes, Menus et Varits. Illustrations de Mario Avati.

196153973Paris Les Francs-Bibliophi 1961 In-8, en feuilles, couverture imprime (embotage de l'diteur).25 gravures originales la manire noire de Mario Avati, dont un frontispice et 24 in-texte. Tirage unique limit 175 exemplaires numrots sur vlin de Rives.

Librairie Blaizot & Pinault · Paris, France1 100,00 €

Brillat-Savarin, Jean-AnthelmeBiblio.com

Physiologie du Gout

192610085Paris: Les Arts et le Livre 1926. Second-hand hardcover. 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/- BRILLAT-SAVARIN Jean-Anthelme 1755-1826 Physiologie du Goût ou Mediations de Gastronomie transcendante ouverage théorique historique et a l'ordre du jour 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. 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. 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. Published on the 100th anniversary of the first commercial edition 1826. 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. "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 An instant success Physiologie du Gout has never been out of print since. A lovely near fine private press edition of the most renowned book on gastronomy. Les Arts et le Livre unknown

Books for Cooks · Australie1 620,00 $AU≈ 1 067,74 €

BRILLAT SAVARINABAA

Aphorismes Menus & Variétés

1961004442Paris: Les Francs-Bibliophiles 1961. Signatures loose as issued in original printed wrappers contained in original board chemise and black sueded-paper slipcase. Chemise spine sunned else fine. One of 75 copies printed for a French bibliophile society; this copy fo Édouard Loewy leading French rare bookseller. With 25 mezzotints by Mario Avati of food and culinary objects in a dramatic black geometric style. Chapters preceded with a menu and description of where the repast was served including a NY tavern in 1755. Recipes and notes on preparation and the famous aphorisms. Avati is an important mezzotint artist reviving this graphic technique from the 17th to 19th centuries. Monod 1955. Strahan Artist and the Book in France page 222. Wrappers Chemise Slipcase. Fine. Illus. by Mario Avati. 4to. Les Francs-Bibliophiles Hardcover books

Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books · États-Unis1 200,00 $US≈ 1 015,32 €

Brillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeBiblio.com

Physiologie du gout.

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

EOS Buchantiquariat Benz · Suisse500,00 CHF≈ 477,84 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN Jean Anthelme - SAUVAGE Sylvain (Illustrateur)Livre Rare Book

LA PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOÛT ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante - Ouvrage théorique, historique et a l'ordre du jour dédié aux Gastronomes parisiens. Avec des images de Sylvain Sauvage. [Tome premier - Tome second (complet)].

1945175511945 2 forts vol. in-8 Editeur(238 x 165 mm), en feuillets, sous couvertures rempliées titrées. Edition complète des deux volumes la constituant. Tirage unique à 740 exemplaires seulement. Celui-ci, un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de tête sur pur-fil ( N°3), recelant, outre de nombreuses compositions en couleurs de Sylvain Sauvage en premier tirage, un dessin original signé du même, ainsi qu'une épreuve coloriée par l'artiste, Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs de SYLVAIN SAUVAGE., 259 + 225 pages, (1945).A Paris, Aux Editions littéraires et artistiques Editeurs,

Librairie Guimard · Nantes, France450,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN, JEAN ANTHELMEBiblio.com

Aphorismes Menus & Variétés

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. Les Francs-Bibliophiles hardcover

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(M F K Fisher) Brillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeBiblio.com

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY SIGNED

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

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BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean AnthelmeBiblio.com

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY

1949022289New York: Limited Editions Club 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine faded slipcase with a dampstain at the upper backstrip. Uncommon to find this title in such superior condition. Sylvain Sauvage. Royal octavo 7" x 10-1/2" bound in pictorial boards backed with first-quality English pigskin leather. Newly translated and annotated by M. F. K. Fisher with a preface by her as well. Charming color illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Copy #1037 of 1500 issued unsigned as Sauvage died before the edition was published. Limited Editions Club hardcover

Charles Agvent · États-Unis437,50 $US≈ 370,17 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN ANTHELME (1755-1826).Livre Rare Book

LA PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOUT. ILLUSTRATIONS DE RALPH SOUPAULT.

19422441PARIS-VI°. EDITIONS LITTERAIRES DE FRANCE. SANS DATE. (VERS 1942). 2 PARTIES IN-4 DE 231 ET 81 PAGES, EN UN VOLUME (23,5 X 28,5 X 3 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) RELIURE D'EPOQUE 1/2 VEAU HAVANE A COINS, DOS A QUATRE NERFS ORNE D'UN FLEURON MOSAIQUE AU CENTRE, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN ROUGE, COUVERTURES CONSERVEES. ILLUSTRE DE NOMBREUSES COMPOSITIONS IN ET HORS TEXTE MISES EN COULEURS AU POCHOIR PAR KELLER ET CHARPENTIER SOUS LA DIRECTION DE A. HUMBERT. PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 1075 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, UN DES 675 SUR PAPIER VELIN. "EDITION ESTIMEE" (CARTERET. V. 37). QUELQUES PETITES AUREOLES EPARSES SUR LES PLATS, SANS GRAVITE, SINON BEL EXEMPLAIRE.

Librairie du Château de Capens · Capens, France300,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARINLivre Rare Book

Physiologie du goût

193042889Reliure demi-chagrin vert à coins. Dos à 4 nerfs sautés avec mosaïques à froid et dorées. Tête dorée. Couverture conservée. Reliure signée FLAMMARION.

Librairie Koegui · Bayonne, France300,00 €

Brillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeBiblio.com

The Physiology of Taste

194910928New York: The Limited Editions Club 1949. Second-hand hardcover. Brillat-Savarin Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste. The Limited Editions Club: New York 1949. 4to 270x180mm qtr bnd tan pigskin dec paper bds slipcase 2xvi4716pp #393/1500 translation by M F K Fisher; illustration by Sylvain Sauvage Fine BRILLAT-SAVARIN Jean Anthelme. 1755-1826 The Physiology of Taste or meditations on transcendental gastronomy. A new translation by M.F.K Fisher with profuse annotations by the translator and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. New York : The Limited Editions Club 1949. First edition thus limited No. 393 of 1500; 19th series volume 5 unsigned as issued. Translation and annotations by M F K Fisher colour illustration by Sylvain Sauvage. Designed and printed by R L Dothard at the shop of E L Hildreth & Co Battlebro. Octavo 270x180mm quarter bound light tan English pigskin illustrated printed paper boards slipcase 2xvi4716pp. Numerous in-text colour illustrations. top-edge small blemish; slipcase faintly soiled else fine. 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. "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. George Macy 1900-1956 founded the Limited Editions Club of New York in 1929 to publish in limited editions of 1500 copies beautifully illustrated classic titles to club members who had paid a subscription. Between 1929 and 1985 Macy published 548 books roughly 10-12 a year each individually designed and illustrated and usually signed and numbered by the best artists and book illustrators. The Physiology of Taste is the only 'food book' so published. M.F.K. Fisher Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher Parrish Friede 1908 – 1992 was a revered American food writer. She wrote 27 books many on food and gastronomy. This translation released on Christmas Eve 1949 was universally praised. "Craig Claiborne of the New York Times said Fisher's prose perfectly captured the wit and gaiety of the book and lauded the hundreds of marginal glosses that she added to elucidate the text."¹ Félix Roy who went by the name 'Sylvain Sauvage' 1888-1948 was a French artist and prolific book illustrator. He illustrated several books for the Limited Editions Club. He died shortly before publication of this volume leaving the print run unusually for the Limited Editions Club unsigned. A fine copy of the most poetic and highly regarded English translation delightfully illustrated. § Newman R G. Great & Good Books:a bibliographical catalogue of the Limited Editions Club 1929-1985 Chicago: R. G. Newman Inc 1989. § Zealand & Tarpey-Schweid. M.F.K. Fisher: an annotated bibliography fourth edition. San Franscisco : the authors 2013 pps. 21 & 48. ¹ Reardon Joan. Poet of the Appetites. New York : North Point Press 2004 p.203. The Limited Editions Club unknown

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BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean AnthelmeBiblio.com

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY

1949022382New York: Limited Editions Club 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight scuffing and sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Sylvain Sauvage. Royal octavo 7" x 10-1/2" bound in pictorial boards backed with first-quality English pigskin leather. Newly translated and annotated by M. F. K. Fisher with a preface by her as well. Charming color illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Copy #751 of 1500 issued unsigned as Sauvage died before the edition was published. Limited Editions Club hardcover

Charles Agvent · États-Unis312,50 $US≈ 264,41 €

MORMINO, Luigi - Guy ASSADOUR - Mario AVATILivre Rare Book

L'OISELEUSE (L'UCCELLATRICE). Un conte de Luigi Mormino traduit par Nelly Kohler. Frontispice de Mario Avati. Illustrations de Assadour.

1977702Les Impénitents, Paris 1977. Volume XXIII. Petit in-folio (280 X 180 mm) en feuilles, 71 pp+fnch. sous couverture de papier vergé teinté rempliée, coffret toilé. Édition originale française illustrée d'un frontispice gravé à la manière noire par Mario AVATI et de 9 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES D'ASSADOUR. Tirage à 130 exemplaires numérotés à l'intention des sociétaires. Celui-ci est l'un des 50 premiers enrichis d'UNE ÉPREUVE SIGNÉE D'UNE GRAVURE D'ASSADOUR : "l'estampe" est présentée à part sous une chemise de papier vergé teinté imprimé. L'ouvrage est accompagné du texte original en italien sous couverture de papier vergé teinté imprimé. L'ensemble sous l'emboitage original toilé. Typographie par Pierre-Jean Mathan et tirage des gravure par Rigal.

LIBRAIRIE PATRICE JEUDY · Paris, France260,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme) - NOURY (Pierre, ill. de).Livre Rare Book

Physiologie du goût ou Méditations de gastronomie transcendante.

194532249A Paris, Les Arts du Livre [Georges Crès], 1926. 2 vol. au format gd in-8 (248 x 168 mm) de xlii - 252 pp. ; 300 pp. Reliures uniformes signées de l'époque de demi-chagrin maroquiné et glacé sapin, filet vertical gras à froid porté sur chacun des plats, dos lisses ornés d'un double filet d'encadrement dorés, doubles filets dorés, fleurons dorés, titre et tomaison dorés au centre d'un double ovale doré, date dorée en queue, têtes mouchetées, couvertures conservées. (Bonvoisin).

Babel Librairie · Périgueux, France250,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme) - NOURY (Pierre, ill de).Biblio.com

Physiologie du got ou Mditations de gastronomie transcendante.

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 Âˆ 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 Âˆ 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 Âˆ 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 Âˆ 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 Âˆ immortaliser ce magistrat nÂŽ Âˆ Belley. Balzac de dÂŽclarer Âˆ son propos : ''Depuis le XVIÂme siÂcle en dehors de La BruyÂre et de La Rochefoucauld aucun prosateur n'a su donner Âˆ 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 quÃ•il traite comme une science. Cela non sans impertinence humour insolence et dÂŽrision Ã‡Livre divin ÂŽcrivait Hoffmann qui a portÂŽ Âˆ lÃ•art de manger le flambeau du gÂŽnie.Ãˆ ''Les aphorismes comme les maximes comme les proverbes sÃ•appliquent Âˆ des rÂŽalitÂŽs qui sont aussi vieilles que lÃ•humanitÂŽ; ils nÃ•inventent rien mais condensent en une formule dÂŽfinitive une sagesse millÂŽnaire; cÃ•est 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 tÂ‰ches au premier plat d'un des volumes. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown

Babel Librairie · France250,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN ABiblio.com

PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOUT.

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

Libreria Malavasi sas · Italie200,00 €

BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Anthelme ; SOUPAULT, RalphLivre Rare Book

La Physiologie du Goût (2 Tomes - Complet)

194258203Un des 675 exemplaires sur papier vélin numérotés de 276 à 950 (n° 693), 2 vol. in-4 br. sous couv. rempliée, Editions Littéraire de France, Paris, s.d. [ circa 1942 ], 231 ; 81 pp.

SARL Librairie du Cardinal · Gradignan, France190,00 €

Jean Anthelme Foreword by Frank Crowninshield Brillat-SavarinBiblio.com

The physiology of taste: Or Meditations on transcendental gastronomy

19261675062736Doubleday Page 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.1884 edition limited to 300 copies Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. This could have light cosmetic flaws but remains in good condition. This copy is the Limited Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Doubleday, Page hardcover

ThriftBooks · États-Unis224,00 $US≈ 189,53 €

Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinBiblio.com

Physiologie du Gout

1929782F64Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre c1929. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4". None. A two volume work in the original French discussing the science of the enjoyment of food. The charming two volumes of this pocket sized edition are the work of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin a French lawyer and politician who as the author of this work 'The Physiology of Taste' gained fame as an epicure and gastronome. This work was first published in December 1825 two months before his death. Brillat-Savarin discourses on the pleasures of the table which he considers to be a science. These edition are undated but can be placed c1929 via WorldCat. In the original quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light fading and rubbing to spines. Contemporary inscriptions to front endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are clean and age toned due to paper type. Very Good Indeed Librairie Alphonse Lemerre hardcover

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Brillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeBiblio.com

The Physiology of Taste

192511037London: Peter Davies 1925. Second-hand hardcover. Brillat-Savarin Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste: or meditations on transcendental gastronomy. Limited Ed 685/750 Peter Davies: London 1925. 4to 285x190mm qtr bnd vellum marbled bds xx3262pp. introduction by Arthur Machen BRILLAT-SAVARIN Jean-Anthelme 1755-1826 The Physiology of Taste: or meditations on transcendental gastronomy.Â Newly served up in English.Â With an introduction by Arthur Machen : a biographical note : a portrait of the author : and forty designs by Andrew Johnson. London : Peter Davies 1925.Â Limited centenary edition number 685 of 750 copies only; First edition thus.Â Printed by T and A Constable at the University Press Edinburgh. Octavo 285x190mm illustrated printed cream dust jacket quarter bound vellum gilt titled blue marbled paper boards fore and bottom edges untrimmed wide margins xx3262pp : Ï€Â² aâ¸ bÂ² A-Uâ¸ Xâ´. Monochrome engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and chapter headpieces. Dust jacket lightly soiled chipped to head and foot of spine closed tear old repair and small hole to upper wrapper faint foxing; board edges lightly worn otherwise spine and boards bright and clean corners gently bruised; endpapers top and fore-edge lightly foxed; internally bright and crisp. Â¶Â Peter Davies was known as the original Peter Pan; informally adopted by Sir James M Barrie after the death of Peter's parents.Â Â The Physiology of Taste was the first book published by Peter Davies on establishing his publishing business in 1925Â¹.Â Later that year he folded his imprint into Peter Davies Ltd established with assistance from Barrie.Â Â Arthur Machen was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones 1863-1947 a Welsh journalist and author most notably ofÂ The Great God Pan and The Secret Glory.Â Andrew Johnson 1893-19173 was born in Portsmouth and studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London. He is now remembered principally as a railways and travel advertising poster designer during the 1930s. Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician during and after the French revolution.Â 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.Â Neither a cookery book nor a memoir it is rather a discussion of the nature of eating in its widest sense.Â It starts with twenty gastronomical "aphorismes" perhaps the best known beingÂ "IV tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are"; then thirty "mÃ©ditations" and finishes with twenty-seven 'variÃ©tÃ©s' in the form of anecdotes adventures recipes and inventions. "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.Â 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" Â² An elegant copy of only the second complete English translationÂ³ of one of the foundational works of gastronomy in a limited fine publisher's deluxe binding. Â§Â Institutionally well held in North America and the UK; no recorded holdings in Australasia. Â§Â cf Bitting p.61 for the New York published parallel centenary edition; neither edition in Cagle. Â¹Â Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail - Saturday 27 February 1926 p.6 Â²Â Ferguson Priscilla Parkhurst . Accounting for Taste: The Triumph of French Cuisine Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2004 p. 31 Â³Â The first complete English translation was published as A Handbook of Gastronomy by Nimmo & Bain in 1883.Â Earlier English language editions were only partial translations.Â Both the 1883 and 1925 complete translations are not attributed. Peter Davies unknown

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Brillat-SavarinBiblio.com

La Physiologie du Gout

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

Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €