Physiologie du Goût, ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante ouvrage théorique, historique et à l'ordre du jour, dédié aux gastronomes parisiens par Brillat-Savarin.
Paris: Charpentier, Libraire-Éditeur, 1865.
Small octavo, xii, 525, (3) pages. With additional gastronomic texts by Balzac, Berchoux, and others. A later printing of the 1853 Charpentier edition. Internally clean and tight, marbled endpapers. Previous owner's name inked to half-title. Marbled boards over half-morocco, compartmented spine, with gilt-titled labels. light wear to edges, otherwise near very good. [Vicaire, page 118; this edition not in Cagle, Bitting or Oberlé].
Price: $250.00
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