Paris: Audot, Libraire-Editeur, 1836. Duodecimo, 480, 24 pages. Styled twentieth edition. Vicaire notes that this extremely popular work has on occasion been misattributed to Mlle. Aglaé Adanson. In 1832, Philadelphia's Carey & Hart published the first American edition, a translation by Eliza Leslie, one of the earliest French cookbooks published in the U.S. A lovely copy, untrimmed, in original printed, paper-covered boards, with a bit of pulling at the hinges.....

A Paris: Chez Emile Babeuf a la Librairie historique et des arts et métiers, rue Saint-Honoré, no. 123, Hôtel d'Aligre, 1822. Octavo, [4], vi, 454 pages. [I], III leaves of plates. Second edition. The original was published in 1815 with the title, Manuel complet d'économie domestique. This 1822 second edition was the first to carry the new title. Cagle incorrectly states that the title was changed with the third edition.....

Paris: Pagnerre, Libraire-Editeur, rue de Seine, 18; Typographie de Henri Plon, 1865. Duodecimo (14.5 x 10.5 cm.), 200 pages. Engraved illustrations in the text. Table des Matieres. The eighth year of this popular French almanac, with calendar and ephemeris, but unlike most American "culinary almanacs" the bulk of this work is indeed related to food, with sections on various foodstuffs, (vegetables, birds, fish, sauces, etc.), and many recipes. The attractive.....

New York: Antheneum, 1971. Tall octavo (22 x 13 cm.), 192, [3] pages. FIRST EDITION. A dictionary of dishes one might find on a French or Italian menu, as well as definitions of specific ingredients and of wine grapes and regions of the two nations. From "America's first foodie", as James Beard is described by Mitchell Davis, founder of Kitchen Sense, and formerly of the James Beard Foundation. Very light.....

Paris: Au bureau du Musée des Familles... et Chez Martinon, Librarie, [circa 1852]. Tall octavo (25 x 16 cm.), 232, [1] pages. Illustrated. Printed in two columns. Second, enlarged edition; the original was issued by Martinon in 1844. This copy is undated, but we've seen copies of the second edition dated "1852" and with the address of Chez Martinon stated as "Rue de Coq, Saint Honoré, 4." This copy the.....

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [1931]. Octavo (19 x 13.5 cm.), xxvii, 258 pages. Additional subtitle from half-title: [How to Keep Your Husband's Heart]. FIRST EDITION. A collection of French recipes adapted for the English kitchen, cook, and palate. as to the secrets of French cooking, the author states, "Four qualities are necessary, that is all – love and care; sense of balance; imagination, controlled by good taste, patience".....

Alexandria, Virginia: Jean Berrard, 1987. Quarto in wrappers, [xiii], 146 pages. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A cookbook and memoir by a chef who grew up in his family's hotel in the small town of Artemare Haute Savoie and followed in his father's footsteps when his father retired in 1955. The author describes life under Nazi occupation. Berrard's admirers included Simca Beck, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Pen mark roughly.....

Paris: Librarie Delarue, [1850]. Duodecimo, 272, [11] pages, with twenty-five numbered plates (some double-page), plus thirty-two supplemental plates lettered a-z and aa-ff. New edition. Date supplied via OCLC. A lovely small manual for the creation of sugar flowers, a pastime for genteel Victorian women. Some creasing to original printed wrappers at spine, and a bit of paper restoration to corners of wrapper, otherwise fine. In a later chemise and slipcase.....

Paris: Publié par J. Hetzel, 1846. Octavo, 184, iv pages. Illustrated by Bertall. FIRST EDITION. A significant work of early nineteenth-century gastronomy, which, though small by comparison, stands alongside Brillat-Savarin and Dumas. The illustrator Bertall was one of the most prolific French illustrators of the nineteenth century, and a pioneering photographer. Small open tear to corner of page 37, with no loss to text, otherwise very good in dark brown.....

Paris: Sautelet et Cie. 1826. Two volumes, octavo, xiv, 390 & 449 pages. FIRST EDITION of the most famous treatise on gastronomy. The Physiology of Taste was published in an edition of 500 copies, appearing only two months after the author's death. A comprehensive philosophy of the palate, the table, and far beyond, the book is presented in a series of thirty meditations on subjects including the senses, taste, appetite.....

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].

Marseille: chez l’auteur, 1944-1949. Large quarto, xvii, 197 pages. 35 cm. Illustrations by Louis Jou. FIRST EDITION. One of 1000 numbered copies on Auvergne pur chiffon made by Richard de Bas. One of the great works of Provençal cookery, from the great mid-20th century French chef Maurice Brun of Marseille. An elaborate production, with signatures sewn, but unattached to the colorful printed wrappers. Decorated chemise somewhat worn, a bit of.....

Paris: [1953]. One and one half page pen and ink letter (26.5 x 21.5 cm.) on single sheet of pale blue Paul Cushing Child stationery, with ink date stamp ("May 18 1953"), addressed, "USIS. 5 Place de Rome, Marseille (B du Rh)". ~ An early letter from Julia Child, written while she was living in Paris with her husband Paul and working on her first book, the seminal Mastering the.....