Carême, Antonin and Armand Plumerey.

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

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Description

L'art de la cuisine française au dix-neuvième siècle. Traité élémentaire et pratique. Paris: chez MM. Renouard, Tresse, Mansut, Maison, volumes 1-3: no date, volumes 4-5: 1844-1845
PAPER

5 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, additional lithographed titles in volumes 1-3, 2 portraits (one repeated), frontispiece in volume 4, 23 (of 24?) plates, wood-engraved illustrations, head-, tail-pieces and initials, later morocco-backed boards, half-title and portrait in volume 1 loose, half-title of vol. 3 repaired at corner without loss, some spotting

Provenance

Hroar Dege (lot 209)

Literature

cf. Vicaire 146; Cagle 394

Catalogue Note

First published in 1843-1844, the fourth and fifth volumes by Plumerey form a continuation to Carême's Art de la cuisine française, which was first published in three volumes between 1833 and 1835.