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1937355490724034London: Cassell 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Cassell & Company Limited 1937. First UK Edition. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's pastel-blue flecked buckram boards with red leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. 198 pages. Frontispiece and many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur full page in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. A near fine copy in a VG dustwrapper which has a hint of tanning to the spine and creasing/fraying and a closed tear at the head of the spine neatly repaired/reinforced historically to the verso. The dustwrapper is priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. Photographs/scans available upon request. Cassell hardcover
19603554907242561960. Singapore: Jay-Birch & Company Limited 1960. Second Edition. A large format softback. 202 pages. Printed by Union Printing. Illustrations by Judy William. This edition includes a new section showing market produce available in Sigapore with local names of foodstuffs a section on wine by Andre L. Simon President of the Wine and Food Sociuety extracts from the Party-Givers Book by Maria Gallati and 100 additional recipes including a number by well known writers of food. Nearly half the pages are Singaporean adverts from the period. The spine of the book has: "BETTER BUY BIRD'S EYE". A VG or slightly better copy with minor surface loss at the base of the spine. Quite scarce in my experience. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
1976355490724212London: Cape 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Jonathan Cape 1976. First published in Great Britain in 1976. Publisher's brown boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A near fine or better copy in like dustwrapper priced £5.95 net to the inside flap. Uncommon. 'Madhur Jaffrey's classic "An Invitation to Indian Cooking" demonstrates how varied irresistible and inexpensive Indian cooking can be and how easily you can prepare authentic dishes at home. There is no other book on Indian cooking as persuasive as this "invitation" from award-winning cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey. Focusing on the flavourful cooking of her native Delhi Jaffrey offers more than 165 easy-to-follow recipes'. GoodReads. Photographs/scans available upon request Cape hardcover
1927355490723635London: Routledge 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: George Routledge and Sons London nd 1927. First UK Edition. Octavo viii 87 pages. Published in May 1927 according to the English Catalogue of Books for that year. Publisher's original green-blue boards stamped and lettered in dark blue. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers and mild foxing to the fore-edge otherwise a VG copy. In the RARE VG pictorial dustwrapper priced 1/6 net to the spine as called for. The dustwrapper has loss at the head and tail of the spine which is also darkened; a chip from the middle of the spine not affecting any lettering and from the top left-hand corner of the front cover affecting the CO of Cold; and a couple of tears to the spine edges. Part of the "Lure of Cookery" series by the legendary Mrs Leyel. Menus and the necessary recipes for 67 meals also Sandwich recipes. Superb dustwrapper art by "K. Hale" Kathleen Hale the legendary British artist illustrator and children's author most famous for her illustrations for Orlando the Marmalade Cat. NB: the pictorial first edition dustwrapper by Kathleen Hale should not be mistaken for the pale-green non-decorative reprint wrappers. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
19013554907235781901. Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co Reprinted 1901. This is the Second Edition of this title. Written by "A Thirty-Five Years' Resident". Publisher's olive-green soft cloth boards with black lettering. A couple of former owner's inscriptions to the front paste-down and front free end-paper otherwise a VG copy with slightly soft spine tips. Firm hinges. Cloth in nice condition. No foxing. Firmly bound. Complete with 123 pages including faintly-lined tissue pages between each page of text for taking notes as issued. One of the tissue pages has a penned recipe on it. There is a 56-page catalogue of to the rear of Thacker Spink & Co's Publications. An early Indian cookery book compiled anonymously by a "Thirty-Five Years' Resident" and containing recipes and cooking methods on rice curries soups fish vegetables preserves liqueurs and more along with information on medicines perfumes and cosmetics. Originally published as a first edition in 1880 which is exceedingly uncommon. This - the reprint form 1891 - occasionally appears but this is a much nicer copy than normally encountered. NB: Not to be confused by any modern re-issue of this title. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
1861179351861. Book collection 1861-1957 assembling three works on mushrooms and truffles that document the development of mycology foraging practices and culinary uses of fungi across France England and Russia. The earliest volume by French naturalist Jules Rémy presents a mid-nineteenth-century synthesis of botanical observation and gastronomy detailing identification preservation and preparation of mushrooms and truffles within a European culinary tradition. The later English work by W. Delisle Hay reflects the expansion of amateur natural history in the late nineteenth century providing accessible guidance for identifying edible and poisonous species. The twentieth-century Russian volume extends this trajectory into a more modern scientific and instructional framework incorporating photographic illustration and systematic indexing. Together the collection traces changing approaches to fungi as objects of scientific study subsistence knowledge and culinary practice across multiple linguistic and national contexts.<br /> <br /> Rémy Jules. Champignons Truffes. Paris: Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique 1861. First edition. Hay W. Delisle. The Fungus Hunter's Guide. London: Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey and Co. 1887. Russian-language work on mushrooms. Moscow or other city: publisher not specified 1957. Three volumes spanning France England and Russia presenting illustrated guides to mushroom identification preparation and study. Rémy's work includes twelve color lithographed plates depicting species such as morels chanterelles and ceps alongside discussion of truffle preparation and preservation. Hay's guide is intended for amateur mycologists with illustrations and indexed reference material to support field identification. The Russian volume includes photographic and illustrated content with systematic organization of species.<br /> <br /> Three volumes. Rémy: 173 pages with color plates; soft covers retaped some foxing not affecting text or plates. Hay: 154 pages in original green boards with light shelfwear. Russian volume: 168 pages in soft covers with printed and photographic illustrations. Overall very good condition. A cross-national grouping of works documenting the scientific and culinary study of mushrooms from the nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. unknown
1934355490724030London: Heinemann 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. FROM THE LIBRARY OF ELIZABETH DAVID. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. 7 1/2" x 5". Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's original title-blocked brown cloth. Slight pushing at the base of the spine and dustiness to the top-edge otherwise a near fine copy with the book-plate of Elizabeth David to the front paste-down. In the rare dustwrapper priced 6/- net to the inside flap which is in bright and clean near fine condition with NO BROWNING to the spine and scarce thus. Elizabeth David the most celebrated English food writer of the 20th century praised Boulestin in her books and adopted many of his precepts. In David's hands his personality leaps from the page and she makes a good case for the lasting impact of his work. David decides that"his special gift was to get us on the move" metaphorically and intellectually" British Food in America. Elizabeth David's copy of this book is a rare find indeed. Photographs/scans available upon request. Heinemann hardcover
1916355490723608London: Pearson 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd 1916. First UK Edition. Publisher's original decorative red cloth lettered in black. Advertisements to both set of end-papers page block toned throughout due to the poor quality of paper used a neat name in ink to the half-title a few leaves very slightly chipped or frayed at edges. Cloth somewhat marked faded spine a little worn with some fraying and a couple of tiny holes. The "Home Notes" Books No. 4. No dustwrapper. Inexplicably uncommon. At the time of listing we can no other example listed on the web. Photographs/scans available upon request Pearson hardcover
1937355490724033London: Cassell 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Cassell & Company Limited 1937. First UK Edition. ELIZABETH DAVID'S COPY WITH HER COMMENTS LAID IN. Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur. Xavier Marcel Boulestin 1878- 20 September 1943 was a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Publisher's pastel-blue flecked buckram boards with red leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. 198 pages. Frontispiece and many other line illustrations by J E Laboureur full page in text and as chapter vignettes and end pieces. A good copy browned to the spine with pushing and wear at the spine tips and to the corners spine marked in places. No inscriptions. Elizabeth David's book-plate to the front paste-down. The dustwrapper is priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap and is in VG condition with the usual browning to the spine with creasing and minor loss at the head. This is an important copy as it includes the following Elizabeth David ephemera: a on page 71 is a piece of paper upon which Elizabeth David has written "p.71. Marks for the cook" referring to a paragraph on that page that 'in a good meal the marks awarded to the cook should be so divided - 60% for the preparation and 40% for the choice of the dishes and the buying of the ingredients'. There is true wisdom. b on page 82-83 Elizabeth David has written the letter x at the beginning and end of a passage concerning the origins of creme brulee which had been attributed by Boulestin to M. Hartmann the Swiss Chef of Trinity College Cambridge. Elizabeth David's response on the back of a letter inviting her in 1963 to stay at the Bell Inn Aston Clinton Bucks was "Creme brulee was absolutely not invented by Hartmann. It's been known early in the 18th century probably earlier". c Enclosed in an envelope at the front of the book is a Menu from Boulestin's French Restaurant dated 26.9.36. Elizabeth David comments in green ink on a separate piece of paper: "Menu decoration is Boulestin's house in the Landes "Leus Bignes" by Galamis". Photographs/scans available upon request. Cassell hardcover
180935461Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Ainé Capelle & Renand 1809. First edition. Large folding gastronomic map of France by Tourcaty. xx 364 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Untrimmed map with good margins. Modern wrappers. First three leaves professionally repaired at outer margins ex-library with bookplate on title page verso some browning of paper stock else about very good. First edition. Large folding gastronomic map of France by Tourcaty. xx 364 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Avertissement states that the Cours gastronomique is published under the heading of Second Edition although it appears here for the first time in its entirety; earlier chapters had been published in the Épicurien Français.<br /> <br /> The glory of the book is the attractive Carte Gastronomique de la France depicting each region of France with the products for which it is famed. Bitting p. 71; Cagle 112; Vicaire 137-8 Imprimerie de Brasseur Ainé, Capelle & Renand unknown
173723421London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch 1737. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition improved. 12mo. xii 52662 pp. Contemporary spotted calf spine gilt with red leather lettering pieces. Hinges neatly repaired some rubbing and scuffing of edges and bands else a very good copy. The first edition was published in 1736.<br /> <p><br /> Engraved fishing bookplate of Dean Sage on the inside front board.<br /> <p><br /> Contents:<br /> Part I. containing a . collection of above one thousand well-experienced practical family-receipts . Part II. containing I. Full instructions to be observed in hunting coursing setting and shooting . II. Cautions rules and directions to be taken and observed in fishing; with the manner of making and preserving of rods lines floats artificial flies &c. and for chusing and preserving several sorts of curious baits. III. A full . kalendar of all work necessary to be done in the fruit flower and kitchen gardens . Part III. containing practical rules and methods for the improving of land and managing a farm in all its branches. A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch hardcover
184827<p>Rare collection of treatises on wine making and vine cultivation</p><p>Puvis Marc-Antoine. <em>De la culture de la vigne et de la fabrication du vin / par M.A. Puvis</em>. Paris : Librairie agricole Dusacq Mme Bouchard-Huzard 1848.</p><p>bound with: Puvis Marc-Antoine. <em>Des différens moyens d'amender le sol</em>. Paris : Madame Huzard 1837</p><p>bound with: Thackeray Thomas James<strong>. </strong> <em>Observations sur le fumier de basse-cour les engrais artificiels la construction des granges et le labourage profond<strong>. </strong></em>Paris : A LA LIBRAIRIE AGRICOLE DE Ve BOUCHARD-HUZARD 7 RUE DE L'ÉPRON-ST-ANDRÉ. 1847.</p><p>Extremely rare collection of treatises on wine making and vine cultivation agricultural technique on different ways of fertilizing the soil and on different kinds of natural and artificial fertilizers.</p><p><em>De la culture de la vigne et de la fabrication du vin</em> is the most important opera written by the renowned agronomist and member of parliament Marc-Antoine Puvis 1776-1851 member of the Ain Agricultural Society discussing the importance of wine making and vine cultivation in France the influence of climate and soil different vineyards Côte-d'Or Hermitage influence of the grapes quality on the quality of the wines search for new varieties of vines by the seedlings plantation of the vine size and disbudding proving and uprooting fertilizers and amendments synonymy and variety of grapes.</p><p>The second part pp. 167 to 308 is entirely dedicated to oenology harvesting de-stemming and crushing hydrometer oenometer production of red wines and white wines conservation and clarification of the wines conditioning and improvement bouquet and flavor; comparative analysis of Burgundy wines etc.</p><p>Marc-Antoine Puvis is also the author of the second treatise dealing with different kind of techniques of fertilizing the soil. Among the different techniques an material used to amend the soil he describes liming or treating the soil with lime to reduce acidity and improve fertility or oxygen levels. marling using a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime faluner to amend poor limestone soil with falun a sedimentary rock made up of shells debris the use of ash peat ash kelp sea fertilizer land mix burnt clay or burning the soil</p><p>The third treatise written by Thomas James Thackeray renowned British playwright army officer and agriculturist can be considered a manual on benefits and way of use of different fertilizers as: cattle droppings horse urine cow dung guano peat bran marl salpetre and nitrate of potash sulphate of ammonia etc.</p><p>All the treatise included in the present collection are very rare. In detail:</p><p>Vol 1: Only one copy in Italian Libraries. WoldCat records only 6 other copies; 5 in France and 1 in UK. the copy in Cornell University belongs to a different editio with no date or printing place</p><p>Vol 2: 4 copies worldwide 2 each in France and Switzerland</p><p>Vol 3: 6 copies worldwide 4 in France 1 each in UK and Canada.</p><p>Bibliography: Bourquelot VI. 94. Unkwnown to Vicaire Bitting. Oberlé</p> Bouchard-Huzard
1748355490723990London 1748. Hard Cover. London: Printed for the Author at Mrs Wharton's Toy-Shop nd 1748. The scarce third edition of this important and immensely popular cookery book by Hannah Glasse dated from 1748 as per ESTC. 330 pages. All publication information was taken from ESTC Reference T163724. First published in 1747. This cookbook was extremely popular upon publication and ran through at least forty editions some unauthorised. Written in plain and simple language for servants to understand and follow instructions easily it contains various useful hints for the kitchen with numerous recipes and techniques such as roasting boiling simple dishes for dinner dressing soups side dishes puddings sausages and more.Including directions for the sick and on distilling as well as such recipes to keep bugs away. Oberlé notes that the author "Severely condemns the extravagance of French cooking" although some French recipes are included in this book. Including an extensive list of subscribers at the front of the book. This copy has benefitted from a recent sympathetic and sumptuous re-bind in half brown morocco with title in gold to red label on panel 2. Foxing to the page block edges which has crept into the text block in places particularly to the early/late pages of the book. The title page - usually found missing - is present. Neat name in ink to the title page. The Art of Cookery is noteworthy for its emphasis on precision of cooking times and directions and clarity and simplicity of language. It went on to become the most successful and influential cookery book of the later half of the Eighteenth Century. NB: Glasse's authorship revealed in the fourth edition was disputed until 1937. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
4620No Binding. Very Good. Copper plate engraving 23 x 30 cm printed surface. n.d. but c. 1775. A few folds but generally excellent with a fine impression. Charming engraving of a genre scene depicting a man grating parmesan cheese by the Venetian engraver and Volpato pupil Francesco del Pedro 1749-1806 after a painting by the Venetian painter Francesco Maggioto 1750-1805. The printer has added a moralizing motto from Horace Odes III.16 on how to the fortunate man whatever material goods are at hand are enough. Benezit VIII.186 Pedro VII. 62 Maggioto. unknown
193654291Chicago: Walter Hill 1936. Each signed with initials of the Artist. Matted with the corresponding captioned illustrations. 1 vols. Various Sizes 13.5 x 11 inches to 3 x 7 inches matted on 14.5 x 22 inch boards . In worn and split cloth drop box morocco label. Each signed with initials of the Artist. Matted with the corresponding captioned illustrations. 1 vols. Various Sizes 13.5 x 11 inches to 3 x 7 inches matted on 14.5 x 22 inch boards . Bitting p. 13: "Fully annotated. The name was synonymous with gourmandise and among the ancients was given to choice dishes the name of the author was probably Coelius who gave the name Apicius to his book"; Vicaire p. 277 Walter Hill unknown
1772117<p>Extraordinary rare first edition of the famous treatise on Cyprus wine by Giovanni Mariti</p><p>A complete analysis on wines grapes vines and production technique</p><p>Mariti Giovanni. <em>Del vino di Cipro ragionamento di Giovanni Mariti socio corrispondente dell'Accademia dei georgofili di Firenze: Rei agrariae avgendae</em>. Firenze : G. Cambiagi MDCCLXXII 1772.</p><p>8vo 220 x 155 mm original printer cardboard pp. 2 XVI 127 1 illustrations along the text engraved title page before the dedicatory letter at leaf a1r a chalcographic vignette with coat of arms of the dedicatee Lord Nassau Clavering signature a⸠πa1 A-Hâ¸.</p><p>xylographic illustrations along the text one full page plate depicting tool for wine production</p><p>In his treatise <em>Del vino di Cipro</em> About the Cyprus Wine published in Florence in 1772 by Cambiagi Mariti dedicates an ample analysis to the wine of Cyprus discussing a lot about the types and varieties of the vines and wines produced in the different regions of the island and reporting its own "observations" made in the countryside around Larnaca where it draws indications and procedures to follow in Italy too to reach the maximus possible efficiency of the crops as Mariti himself well describe in the Preface to the volume:</p><p>"In questo mio Ragionamento ho avuto il riflesso di appagare non solo la curiosità di qualche dilettante de i grati e generosi Vini di Cipro e di dar la norma per qui allignarli ma ancora di poter giovare alla Coltivazione alla Manifattura e alla Conservazione de i nostri Vini Toscani e particolarmente per migliorare alcuna sorta di quegli che oggigiorno sogliono qui farli in scelta maniera il che mi lusingo possa ottenersi dal genio de i nostri Agricoltori Mariti 1772 p. 3. In this reasoning I had the will to satisfy not only the curiosity of some amateur of the grateful and generous Wines of Cyprus giving the rules to list them but also to be able to improve the Cultivation the Manufacture and the Conservation of our Tuscan Wines and particularly to improve the quality of the wines produced there using the support from the genius of our Farmers"</p><p>More in details he starts addressing the issue of the poor resistance of Tuscan wines to navigation deepening the observations already published in the first volume of his "Travels in Cyprus". Mariti studying grapes and winemaking processes in use in Cyprus gives an account of the island's wines distinguishing them by types based on the quality of the grapes the length of the aging process and their conservation and also giving data and figures relating to the sale of the product both in the East and in the West.</p><p>Mariti dedicated this essay on the wines of Cyprus to Lord Clavering whose arms are engraved at the top of the first leaf of the dedication. The preliminary leaves also include an account of the <em>Accademia dei Georgofili</em> devoted to the study of agriculture which was founded in Florence in 1753 and is still active today.</p><p>Giovanni Filippo Mariti 1736 –1806 he was an Italian antiquarian scientist and historian. Intellectual with multiple interests he became famous in Europe mainly for his travels in the East.</p><p>Mariti became interested since his youth in natural sciences cultivating botany and especially agronomy studies and in 1772 he became a corresponding member of the <em>Accademia dei Georgofili</em> founded in Florence on July 4 1753 by Ubaldo Montelatici under the impulse of that renewal of agriculture that the Habsburgs-Lorraine hoped for and promoted to remedy the problems that arose in their lands starting from the first decade of the second half of the century regarding crops and food supplies.</p><p>Mariti lived for seven years at Larnaca in Cyprus becoming honorary British vice-consul and became increasingly familiar with the wine-making process of the island. A shortened version of this treatise was included in the French translation of his "Travels in the Levant".</p><p>Beside <em>Del Vino di Cipro</em> he is remembered for the treatise titled <em>Della Robbia sua coltivazione suoi usi</em> Florence 1776 dedicated by Mariti to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo concerning a plant the <em>Robbia</em> Madder cultivated in the East and used for the colouring of clothes which Mariti hoped to introduce in Europe and for <em>Odeporico o sia itinerario per le colline pisane</em> which was published in Florence in two volumes between 1797 and 1799.</p><p>The first volume of this work which remained partly unpublished deals with the agricultural history of the Tuscan hills the second is dedicated to the history of the water bath today Casciana Terme. The two volumes are divided into chapters that take the form of letters written to an imaginary friend.</p><p>George Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper 1739 - 1789 was an English nobleman and politician. In 1780 he purchased Villa Palmieri in Fiesole with a splendid view of Florence. Skilled diplomat and politician he decided to obtain prestige by turning a blind eye on the relationship that his wife had established with the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo from which he managed to obtain the title of Prince of Nassau d'Auverquerque.</p><p>The art collection that Count Cowper built during his years in Florence was a great investment of time and money for him. Among the most important works that were part of his collection we mention two paintings by Raphael the first known with the name of <em>Piccola Madonna Cowper</em> and the other as <em>Madonna Niccolini-Cowper</em>.</p><p>Conditions: fine copy untrimmed in its original printer paper board small restoration at spine.</p><p>Provenance: I. Ownership signature dated 1868 at rear inside board. II. Handwritten title at front board and spine.</p><p>References: Lastri p.82; Sormanni p.79; <em>Bibl. </em><em>Vinaria</em> p. 139; Andre Simon Bibliotheca Gastronomica page 97 No 1002</p> G. Cambiagi hardcover
1664ABC_50496Amsterdam 1664. Oblong 8vo. Hieronymus Sweerts Contemporary vellum sewn on 2 supports laced through the joints. With an engraved frontispiece and 32 engraved plates 1 folding 31 full-page. 96 pp. Rare first edition of one the finest and most extensively illustrated early works on culinary carving describing and illustrating refined techniques the order of serving and the handling of various foods including poultry hare rabbit pork veal lamb mutton venison ham lobster fish artichokes and both sweet and savoury pastries. The plates illustrate a variety of carving methods and include a large folding plate depicting forks and carving knives. The work predates Joseph Moxons well-known deck of cards with illustrated carving instructions by thirteen years.The frontispiece depicts a gentleman at table attended by a servant carving a fowl in the Italian manner holding it aloft on a fork and carving it in mid-air for display. As noted by the anonymous author in the preface this method was not customary in the Netherlands. Accordingly the work addresses both this practice and the more conventional technique of carving on a platter. Hieronymous Sweerts 1629-1696 was a printer bookseller and poet from Amsterdam who was trained at the printing office of his uncle Paulus Aertsz. van Ravesteyn. He established his own press in 1664 and printed a wide variety of works including Bibles poetry fables and separate prints. The present work was published anonymously but one WorldCat description of the present edition says that Sweerts signed the preface "H. Sw." suggesting he might be the author of the work or at least the preface. However in all copies we have seen including the present the preface is unsigned.The vellum is soiled and somewhat stained with a small split at the spine and at the bottom of the front board. The leaves and plates are somewhat foxed and occasionally stained. Otherwise in good condition.l Bibliotheca Gastronomica 6508 4 copies; Bitting p. 530; Ferro 81a; Horn-Arndt 114; Landwehr Ned. Kookboek 17.2 this issue & 17 1664 issue; STCN 84289344X 4 copies; Van Tol et al. Kookboeken 1991 13 & ill. 10; USTC 1801667 4 copies; Vicaire col. 870; WorldCat 993593983 1170905165 902095689 504084118 8 copies; cf. for Sweerts: Van Eeghen IV pp. 138-140. hardcover