THE HANDBOOK OF DINING, OR HOW TO DINE, THEORETICALLY, PHILOSOPHICALLY, AND HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED: Based Chiefly Upon The Physiologie du Gout of Brillat-Savarin
by Brillat-Savarin (Jean Anthelme). Translated by L. F. Simpson
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NY: Appleton, 1865. First US edition. Spine gilt dulled, nick to cover cloth at top of rear joint, else very good.. Original pebbled brown cloth with gilt title and ornament on spine; 12mo (4.5 x 7 inches), 200 pp. 4-page publisher's catalogue at rear. An abridged translation from Brillat-Savarin's "Physiologie du Gout", keeping the same basic order, chapter titles, etc. but with the emphasis on ". . . the Cure of Leanness and Reduction of Corpulency rather than to the art of giving dinners." (Bitting page 437 for 1859 London edition).
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- Title
- THE HANDBOOK OF DINING, OR HOW TO DINE, THEORETICALLY, PHILOSOPHICALLY, AND HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED: Based Chiefly Upon The Physiologie du Gout of Brillat-Savarin
- Author
- Brillat-Savarin (Jean Anthelme). Translated by L. F. Simpson
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine gilt dulled, nick to cover cloth at top of rear joint, else very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Appleton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Wine
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