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BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of taste. With a preface by Charles Monselet. Etchings by Ad. Lalauze. Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1879. 2 vols. in-8, carmine morocco, framed with 4 fillets and a pearl fillet, palms decorating the corners, spine decorated, inner scrolls, marbled paper endpapers and double endpapers, cover and spine untrimmed, gilt edges with witnesses, folders and case (Yseux, successor of Thierry-Simier). I) frontispiece, title, xvi pp., 296 pp. - II) false-title, title, 320 pp. Very nice edition, illustrated with 52 etchings in the text by Lalauze, including a portrait. Deluxe edition, at 210 copies reprinted. One of the 20 first copies on chine, n° 18, enriched with a suite on vergé de Hollande. The first two figures are signed in pencil by the artist. A choice copy from the Jules Leroy library (bookplate). Vicaire, 120.
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BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of taste. With a preface by Charles Monselet. Etchings by Ad. Lalauze. Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1879. 2 vols. in-8, carmine morocco, framed with 4 fillets and a pearl fillet, palms decorating the corners, spine decorated, inner scrolls, marbled paper endpapers and double endpapers, cover and spine untrimmed, gilt edges with witnesses, folders and case (Yseux, successor of Thierry-Simier). I) frontispiece, title, xvi pp., 296 pp. - II) false-title, title, 320 pp. Very nice edition, illustrated with 52 etchings in the text by Lalauze, including a portrait. Deluxe edition, at 210 copies reprinted. One of the 20 first copies on chine, n° 18, enriched with a suite on vergé de Hollande. The first two figures are signed in pencil by the artist. A choice copy from the Jules Leroy library (bookplate). Vicaire, 120.
