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Aphorismes, Menus & Variétés by BRILLAT-SAVARIN - 1961
by BRILLAT-SAVARIN
Aphorismes, Menus & Variétés
by BRILLAT-SAVARIN
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
Paris: Les Francs-Bibliophiles, 1961. Signatures loose as issued in original printed wrappers, contained in original board chemise and black sueded-paper slipcase. Chemise spine sunned, else fine. One of 75 copies printed for a French bibliophile society; this copy fo Édouard Loewy, leading French rare bookseller. With 25 mezzotints by Mario Avati of food and culinary objects in a dramatic black geometric style. Chapters preceded with a menu and description of where the repast was served (including a NY tavern in 1755). Recipes and notes on preparation and the famous aphorisms. Avati is an important mezzotint artist, reviving this graphic technique from the 17th to 19th centuries. Monod 1955. Strahan, Artist and the Book in France, page 222.. Wrappers, Chemise, Slipcase. Fine. Illus. by Mario Avati. 4to.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Illustrator Mario Avati
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Les Francs-Bibliophiles
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published 1961
- Keywords Brillat-Savarin, Mezzotint, Food and Wine, Mario Avati
- Size 4to