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Edouard NIGNON. L'Heptaméron des gourmets, ou Les Délices de la cuisine française. Paris, Imprimerie de Malherbe, 1919. Large in-4 paperback, first edition of the most prestigious gastronomic publication of the 20th century. (Oberlé)This is a collection of the greatest recipes of French cuisine, presented in seven days of feasting. Each day is presented by André Mary, Henri de Régnier, Lucien Descaves, Fernand Fleuret, Laurent Tailhade, Guillaume Apollinaire and Émile Godefroy. The edition is illustrated with a portrait of the author etched by Jean Patricot and 7 full-page woodcuts after Octave Denis Victor Guillonet and Henri Varenne woodcut by Jaraud, adorning a total of 620 recipes.Limited edition of 150 numbered copies, this one no. 65, one of 120 on Japanese imperial paper.Enriched with a signed autograph letter from Nignon, dated July 23, 1923, "à Monsieur le Gentilhomme, en souvenir de son passage à la Haute-forêt, je me permets de l'inscrire au tableau d'Honneur des gourmets de France", in a protective slipcase (spine cover detached).
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Edouard NIGNON. L'Heptaméron des gourmets, ou Les Délices de la cuisine française. Paris, Imprimerie de Malherbe, 1919. Large in-4 paperback, first edition of the most prestigious gastronomic publication of the 20th century. (Oberlé)This is a collection of the greatest recipes of French cuisine, presented in seven days of feasting. Each day is presented by André Mary, Henri de Régnier, Lucien Descaves, Fernand Fleuret, Laurent Tailhade, Guillaume Apollinaire and Émile Godefroy. The edition is illustrated with a portrait of the author etched by Jean Patricot and 7 full-page woodcuts after Octave Denis Victor Guillonet and Henri Varenne woodcut by Jaraud, adorning a total of 620 recipes.Limited edition of 150 numbered copies, this one no. 65, one of 120 on Japanese imperial paper.Enriched with a signed autograph letter from Nignon, dated July 23, 1923, "à Monsieur le Gentilhomme, en souvenir de son passage à la Haute-forêt, je me permets de l'inscrire au tableau d'Honneur des gourmets de France", in a protective slipcase (spine cover detached).
