Food and Drink Through the Ages, 2500 B.C. to 1937 A.D.: A Catalogue of Antiquities, Manuscripts, Books, and Engravings Treating of Cookery, Eating and Drinking, Including Books from the Library and with bookplate of Robert Viel, the famous Paris Restaurateur.

London: Maggs Bros Ltd., 1937.

Large octavo, 191 pages plus index. Illustrated throughout. Bookseller's gastronomic catalogue with 767 titles, from a Babylonian tablet inscribed in Cuneiform characters to The Finer Cooking or Dishes for Parties published in 1937. Includes subject, ownership, language, and author indices. In wrappers with minor tape repair to spine and slight edge-wear. Text has very slight bumping and creases throughout, otherwise very good.

Price: $40.00

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