Nouvel Almanach des gourmands, servant de guide dans les moyens de faire excellente chère. Première Année
Paris: Baduouin Frères, 1825.
First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good. Item #CAT001012
Contemporary tree calf, wear at edges, corners worn through, but quite sound. Scatter minor foxing and browning, a few tiny tears to page edges; map with a tear at one fold and some browning and folds, but complete and attractive. With the frontis, tissue guard, and folding gastronomical map of France. xxiv, 224 (actually 238) pp. Oberle 200 (without the map), Vicaire 673.
The famously rare reboot of Grimod de La Reynière's almanach. It would continue for two more yearly issues. It contains the calendar nutritif and the first publication of the carte gastronomique de la France.
Provenance: Mrs. John T. Gernon (kitchen themed bookplate inside front cover. (a selection of the Gernon's collection of cookbooks was published by the Lilly Library in 1983 as "un affaire de goût": A selection of cookbooks 1475 to 1873.) Size: 12mo (duodecimo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT001012.
Price: $950.00