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The Handbook of Dining; or, Corpulence and Leanness Scientifically Considered. Comprising the art of dining on correct principles consistent with easy digestion, the avoidence of corpulency, and the cure of leanness; together with special remarks … on these subjects. By Brillat-Savarin. Translated by L[eonard] F[rancis] Simpson. Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme.

The Handbook of Dining; or, Corpulence and Leanness Scientifically Considered. Comprising the art of dining on correct principles consistent with...

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. First American edition of the Leonard Francis Simpson translation (First published in London in 1859). “When the first edition of the Handbook of Dining was published, it was not written with a view to elucidate the two great questions —Corpulency and Leanness —... Read More

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Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home. Julia Child, Jacques PEPIN.

Inscribed by Julia Child, Meryl Streep and Nora Ephron

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Third printing. Inscribed by Julia Child, Meryl Streep and Nora Ephron. INSCRIBED by Julia Child and later SIGNED by Meryl Streep (who played Child in Julie and Julia) and Nora Ephron (who directed the film). Sold to benefit the Writers of America East Foundation... Read More

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De triclinio, sive De modo convivandi apud priscos Romanos, & de conviviorum apparatu. Accedit Fulvii Ursini Appendix. et Hier. Mercurialis De Accubitus in coena Antiquorum origine, Dissertatio … [bound with:] MAGIUS, Hieronymus. De Tintinnabulis Liber Postumus. Franciscus Sweertius F. Notis illustravit. Accedit ejuisdem Magii Equuleo Liber, cum notis J. Jungermanni …. Petrus Ciacconius, Pedro Chocón i e.

Roman Gastronomy, Bell Ringing, and Torture

De triclinio, sive De modo convivandi apud priscos Romanos, & de conviviorum apparatu. Accedit Fulvii Ursini Appendix. et Hier. Mercurialis...

Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1689. Fifth edition of DE TRICLINO; third edition of DE TINTINABULIS (but the first to include Magis’ treatise on the rack). Roman Gastronomy, Bell Ringing, and Torture. Pedro Chocón, also known as Petrus Ciacconius, (1526-1581) was a professor of Greek at the university of Salamanca who... Read More

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The Derrydale Game Cook Book. [3 page Introduction to the New Edition by M.F.K. Fisher.]. Master Chef Louis P. De Gouy.

M.F.K. Fisher Introduction to Second Edition

The Derrydale Game Cook Book. [3 page Introduction to the New Edition by M.F.K. Fisher.].

New York: Greenberg: Publisher [Copyright by Mrs L.P. De Gouy], [1950]. New Edition. [Second Edition]. M.F.K. Fisher Introduction to Second Edition. 'Its prose is not deathless. There are many better written books on both theory and practice of gastronomy, but..." Introduction We have never seen this edition before. Read More

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Rime et prose…in quest' ultima edizione…tradotto in lingua latina del celebre Nicolo Fierberto [Nicholas Fitzherbert]. Giovanni Della Cassa, Archbishop of benevento.

Etiquette

Rime et prose…in quest' ultima edizione…tradotto in lingua latina del celebre Nicolo Fierberto [Nicholas Fitzherbert].

Naples: Presso Domenico Pianeso, 1781. Etiquette. Contains his treatise on medieval etiquette and manners “Gatateo.” Fitzherbert left England to be able to openly practice Catholicism, he matriculated at the University of Douay and studied civil law in Bologna. Tried for treason in England for his catholic interests he resided in... Read More

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Manuel des amphitryons; contenant un traité de la dissection des viandes à table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des élémens de politesse gourmande. Ouvrage indispensable à tous ceux qui sont jaloux de faire bonne chère, et de la faire faire aux autres. Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent Grimod de la Reynière.

Pristine Copy, Uncut in Wrappers

Manuel des amphitryons; contenant un traité de la dissection des viandes à table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux...

Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808. First edition. Pristine Copy, Uncut in Wrappers. A stunning uncut copy in wrappers of the first edition of this seminal guide to the art of entertaining by the great gourmand and father of food writing, Grimod de la Reynière (1758-1837). Manuel des Amphitryons includes sections... Read More

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Eat Book. Janus Press, Katharine Meynell.

Eat Book.

London and West Burke, VT: Gefn Press and Janus Press, 1990. Limited edition, Number 40 of 150 copies signed by Meynell and Johanknecht. “A sardonic poem about food, love and nursery rhymes with six duotones of the poet’s photographs of cherries, sausages, and white bread” (from the prospectus). Read More

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