Almanach des Gourmands (Années 1-8))
Paris: Maradan; Chaumerot, 1803.
First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #CAT001010
A variety of contemporary and near contemporary bindings in leather and quarter leather. Well worn, a number of boards detached, a few along with the endpapers and frontis. Still, complete and very good or better internally. All first editions, rare as such, and published 1803-1812, each with a charming frontispiece engraving. viii, 247pp; (14), xviii, 20-282pp; xiv, 342pp; xx, 336pp; xx, 335pp; xiv, 362pp; xii, 332pp; xvi, 340pp; xiv, 359pp
Cagle 224-231, Vicaire 424, Bitting 201-2, Oberle 133
Provenance: Various. Volume 1 is a Marcus Crahan copy with his bookplate (when his collection sold his copy of the Almanch was incomplete, missing vol 2)..Volume 2 with Maurice Edmond Sailland, Curnonsky, The Prince of Gastonomy's small bookplate that states mala culina derisa. Volume 3 with The Laird of Altyr;'s Arms ex libris. Volume 5 ex libris of Dr. L. Ch. Boisiniere. 4, and 6-8 with matching bindings, no bookplate and tickets from the Old Corner Bookshop. Size: 12mo . 8-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT001010.
Price: $4,500.00