(Massialot,F.). Allerneueste Anweisung zum Kochen, nach der jetzigen Frantzösischen Manier alle Arten von Essen,... Translated from the French. Halberstadt and Lpz., Schopp 1739. Front. 7 p., 880 pp. Hardcover with reeded boards and ribbed boards (somewhat rubbed, back with wormhole). First German edition and first German translation of a French cookbook. Cookbook ever. Cf. Horn-Arndt 168 (only 2nd German ed. 1747). For the French. For the original French edition see Bitting p. 314 and Vicaire sp. 573 ff. - The frontispiece shows a kitchen scene with four cooks. Massialot (1660-1733) was the most famous cook at the time of Louis XIV - Partly slightly browned and faintly waterstained, st. verso T. - Owner's inscription Madame de Thulemeier.

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