LA PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOÛT Ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante - Ouvrage Théorique, Historique et à l' Ordre du Jour Dédié aux Gastronomes Parisiens (2 Volumes Set)
by BRILLAT-SAVARIN
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Éditions La Boétie, 1947. Limited Numbered Ed. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Type: Limited Edition Limited ed numbered: 515/4800, vol 1: 178 pp., vol 2:170 pp., bound by expert bookbinder Nicole Billard Normand in forest green leather library bdgs with gilt-stamped spines, marbled end papers; each volume has a forest green leather & marbled paper stiff DJ with gilt-stamped spine and forest green leather edged marbled paper box-hardcase. A classic French text and must-have for any chef or gastronome, the first edition of which was published in 1825 and has never been out of print since. This edition is illustrated with in text b/w as well as full colour illustrations. Both volumes are in FINE condition. DJs and hardcase leather sunned at spine.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
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- Bookseller
- Odyssey Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 508H
- Title
- LA PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOÛT Ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante - Ouvrage Théorique, Historique et à l' Ordre du Jour Dédié aux Gastronomes Parisiens (2 Volumes Set)
- Author
- BRILLAT-SAVARIN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Numbered Ed
- Publisher
- Éditions La Boétie
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CULTURAL STUDIES, DIET, FOOD, ETC., HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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30 Day money guarantee if not as described or unhappy for any reason whatsoever.
About the Seller
Odyssey Books
Biblio member since 2005
Pointe Claire, Quebec
About Odyssey Books
We have been an established bookstore since 1986 but are operating from home now as we have closed the store for retirement.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Sunned
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