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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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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 Complete Confectioner, Pastry-Cook, and Baker … With Additions and Alterations, by [Eleanor] Parkinson, Practical Confectioner, Chestnut Street

The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-Cook, and Baker … With Additions and Alterations, by [Eleanor] Parkinson, Practical Confectioner, Chestnut Street.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. Early American edition. Early American edition of this confectioner's manual, first published in the United States in 1844. With a 2-page preface to the American edition dated Dec. 1843 by Philadelphia confectioner Eleanor Parkinson and with an advertisement for her business at the rear. 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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Collection of 7 Typed Letters Signed ("Mary Frances," "MFKFisher," "MFKF") to Maurice Gordon or his wife Dorothy, with and enclosed recipe for Moroccan Chermoula. M. F. K. Fisher.

Collection of 7 Typed Letters Signed ("Mary Frances," "MFKFisher," "MFKF") to Maurice Gordon or his wife Dorothy, with and enclosed...

Glen Ellen, California: May 10, 1984-February 11, 1985. A charming series of letters from the legendary food writer and memoirist M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992), written from her final home in Glen Ellen, to one Maurice Gordon, a recently befriended fellow northern Californian, who shared with Fisher a love of food and... 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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