Les Classiques de la Table by Fayot, Charles-Frederic-Alfred - 1844: The classics of the table for the use of the practitioners and people of the world, with engraved portraits

Paris: Bethune et Plon, 1844. Hardcover. Half bound, marble boards, raised bands. Good. 609 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Originally published -1843, in sixty parts, presented here complete. Subtitle translated: The classics of the table for the use of the practitioners and people of the world, with engraved portraits - De M. Le Prince De Talleyrand, Carle Vernet, Brillat-Savarin, Debucourt, Feu le Docteur Marcel Gaubert, Careme, Appert, M. Jules Janin, M. Grimod de la Reyniere, Berchoux, Marquis de Cussy, Colnet, etc. Lovely portraits combined with narrative. Text in French. From the estate of Dan Samuel, 4th Viscount Samuel (1925-2014), grandson of Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, High Commissioner of Palestine (1920-1925).