Gastronomy.- [Grimod de la Reyniere, Alexandre Balthazar Laurent]

Manuel des Amphitryons; Contenant un Traité‚ de la Dissection des viandes a table, la Nomenclature des Menus les plus Nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des Élémens de Politesse gourmande, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, 3 parts in one, half title, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, some folding, errata leaf at rear, occasional spotting, a little damp staining toward end, half calf, spine rubbed, [Simon BG 305; Vicaire 428 ; Oberlé 135; Bitting 203], 8vo, Chapelle et Renand, Paris, 1808; [Seran de la Tour] L’Art de sentir et de juger en matière de goût, half title, occasional spotting, a few leaves lightly browned, ownership note of ‘Conde de Castelo de Paiva’ (Martinho José Pinto Meneses de Sousa Melo Almeida Correia de Miranda Montenegro de Vasconcelos Pereira de Bulhões, conde de), mottled calf, marbled flyleaves, rather rubbed and worn, [Barbier, I, 296; Cicognara 1069], 4to, Rolland & Jacob, Strasbourg, 1788; with [Brillat-Savarin] Physiologie du goût, ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante, half title, small illustrations on title and in text, some spotting throughout, quarter calf, rubbed, Société Typographique Belge, Bruxelles, 1839 (3)

*** The first title is a manual on dissection of meats, the second part including chapters on menus, and the third chapter providing a passionate eater's guide.