L'Art de Manger et Son Histoire.
Paris: Payot; Imprimerie F. Paillart, 1928. 16mo. (18.7 x 12 cm.), 208 pages. FIRST EDITION. A general work on the history of gastronomy, from the Belgian author, Maurice des Ombiaux (1868-1943), author of more than one hundred books, co-creator of the Académie des Gastronomes, creator of the Conseil des Sept, and recipient of the titles, Prince de la Treille and Cardinal de la Gastronomie. He nearly beat Curnonsky to the.....