Lot n° 225
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500 - 800
EUR
[GASTRONOMY], BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of Taste. New illu - Lot 225
[GASTRONOMY], BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of Taste. New illustrated edition. Paris, L. Carteret, 1923.
2 volumes, large in-8, full dark green morocco, double gilt fillet on the boards, cold fillet in between, large gilt rocaille decoration on each board, with bunches of grapes, fish, game feathers and leg of lamb, gilt inner lace, Empire green moire endpapers, double gilt fillet on the edges, richly decorated smooth spines, gilt edges (unsigned period binding).
Edition of 375 numbered copies, this one ONE OF 75 ON JAPAN (N°20), bound with TWO SEALS OF ILLUSTRATIONS ON JAPAN, one in black, the other in bistre. ONLY 25 copies have these characteristics.
A portrait, 41 compositions in the text by Henri Pille and 34 by Maurice Leloir, etched by Léon Boisson.
"Beautifully priced publication" (Carteret, I, 148, and IV, 82). Spines uniformly browned. A very nice copy.
Expert Jean-Louis Beauvais
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