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live December 4 | 02:00 PM
De Baecque et Associés

196 - [BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme)]. PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy. Dedicated to the Parisian gourmets.

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[BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme)]. PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy. Dedicated to the Parisian gourmets. Paris, A. Sautelet & Cie, 1826. 2 volumes, in-8 (206 x 125 mm), glazed light-colored calfskin with floral roulette and gilt fillets around the covers, smooth gilt spine, marbled and varnished edges (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION of the utmost rarity; indeed, published at the author’s expense, only 500 copies were printed. First-issue copy with the inverted “E” on the title page. A beautiful, attractive copy in fine contemporary bindings.

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Antique and Modern Books - Regionalism and the Nobility of the Ain - Coffee-Table Books by Louis Jou - Gastronomy and Wine Studies
Friday, December 4
02:00 PM
70, rue Vendôme
69006 Lyon, France

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