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METHODES ELEMENTAIRES ECONOMIQUES CUISINE, PATISSERIE, OFFICE CUISINE DES MALADES ET DES ENFENTS 1600 RECETTES, 500 DESSINS PAR URBAIN-DUBOIS AUTEUR DE LA - CUISINE CLASSIQUE- ET DE LA -CUISINE ARTISTIQUE - DU - GRAND LIVRE DES PATISSIERS ET DES CINFISUERS - DE LA - CUISINE D'AUJOURD'HUI - ET DE LA - PATISSIRIE D'AUJOURD'HUI - DE - CUISINE DE TOUS LES PAYS -. DIX-SEPTIEME EDITION (Printers device) PARIS ERNEST FLAMARRION, EDITEUR 26 RUE RACINE, 26 Tous droite reserves.
8vo. 213x164mm. 1fep.Half title. Engraved Frontispiece. Title page in red and black. Verso with acsimile signature of Dubois and a Table des Sujets. 2p Preface. (1)2 full page engravings of table settings; vi-xi & engraved plate, Service de la Table. Menus divers; engraved plate xv-xlix. 2p Advertisements. (1)liv-lxvi LaCuisine chez tous les Peuples.(1)lxx-cxxvi Ameublements et ustensiles. (1)cxxvii-cxxxii Aromates. (1)2-667. [1] (1)670-692 Table des Matieres. 1fep. Paper somewhat brittle and age browned but very clean. With many in-text fine engravings. With the original clean red cloth boards with blind tooling and black lettering. With a few small water spots on the front cover. Overall a very nice copy.
- Dubois spent much of his career as chef to Prince Orloff of Russia and Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and greatly influenced the courts and great houses of Europe. All of his books are very nicely decorated with fine engravings. This one is no exception. A handsome copy.
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11083