The Fine art of Food.
by Tannahill, Reay. [art, Jan Breughel, Paolo Morando, Su Han-Ch'en, Hugh Alley, Pieter van Avont, Jan Steen, Paolo Veronese, Melozzo da Forli, Caravaggio, Arcimboldo, De Heem, Hogarth, Cezanne, Jeffrey, Abraham Bosse, Edward Hicks, Sevin, Willem Heda,
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London : Folio Society ; [Printed and bound in Great Britain by Jarrold and Sons, Ltd., Norwich], 1968., 1968. Good. 128 pp. ; illustrated (some in color.) ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0850670063; 9780850670066 LCCN: 72-428185 ; OCLC: 27869 ; LC: GT2860; Dewey: 641.3/09 ; "Notes on sources": pp. 126-128. ; 1/4 cloth with decorative paper paste-downs and gold lamée edging ; "I have chosen to give a general picture of what people ate during various periods, and in what form they ate it. I have tried, also, to show how the logic of the kitchen often produced the same answers in countries separated by thousands of miles or thousands of years...I have stressed, too, the ramifications of trade, and how Europe absorbed into its diet all the foods that the rest of the world could offer..."--preface ; with numerous illustrations, many in color, from art and artifacts thro ugh history ; spine sunned ; slight wear, else G
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- The Fine art of Food.
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- Tannahill, Reay. [art, Jan Breughel, Paolo Morando, Su Han-Ch'en, Hugh Alley, Pieter van Avont, Jan Steen, Paolo Veronese, Melozzo da Forli, Caravaggio, Arcimboldo, De Heem, Hogarth, Cezanne, Jeffrey, Abraham Bosse, Edward Hicks, Sevin, Willem Heda,
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
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- London : Folio Society ; [Printed and bound in Great Britain by Jarrold and Sons, Ltd., Norwich], 1968.
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- food egypt lasceaux rome india persia china mexico renaissance france england
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