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451 - Gruber, C.

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€50 - 80

Sale fees

27%

Gruber, C. The Confectionery in Words and Pictures. 4th, significantly expanded and enlarged edition. (Frankfurt, Hauser 1907). Small 4°. With 12 color plates and numerous illustrations in the text. 415 pp. Illustrated by Olwd. (Stained and worn; chapter pages torn). Weiss 1327 (mentions Dresden, Hauser). — Not only does it describe over 1,500 pastry recipes, but with its impressive illustrations, it offers veritable “feasting orgies” in the spirit of the early years of the republic. For example, ice cream bombs and the like are depicted as spiked helmets and cannons, along with whimsical festive decorations for the relevant Christian holidays. - Decorative cover. - Staples rusted; book block slightly loose. - ╔Included: Krackhart, C.╗ Neues illustrirtes Conditoreibuch. (“Inexpensive edition without color”). Wiesbaden, Killinger 1874. With 52 b/w plates.

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Auction details

Auction 146 - Day 1
Wednesday, December 9
10:00 AM
Steubenstrasse, 36
75172 Pforzheim, Germany

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