THE PANTROPHEON : or History of Food and It's Preparation From the EarliestAges of the World: Embellished with Forty-Two Steel Plates Illustrating the Greatest Gasronomic Marvels of Antiquity
by Soyer, Alexis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frontis. engraved portrait of Soyer within decorative border of Game and fish. Very well illustrated. Complete with all 42 Full-Page Plates including 2 Double-Page Plates, protected by tissue guards. Detailed History form Ancient times includes: Agriculture; Grinding & Flour; Kitchen Garden; Seasoning Plants; Stone Fruit; Pip Fruit; Animal Food, Rearing, Butchers; Animals; Poultry (including Peacock); Dairy; Hunting (including Wild Boar and Camel); Feathered Game (including Flamingo & Ostrich); Fish; Shell-Fish; Kitchen; Seasonings; Pastry; Beverages; Wine; Drinking Cups; Repasts; Dining Room; A Roman Supper. Period Green textured cloth cover with bright Gilt design of Goblet & Grape Vine on front. Bright Gilt illus of Wild Boar hunt on back. Gilt Tripod & Lettering on spine. Yellow endpapers. Spine relaid and 2 repairs to cloth at spine ends (see photo). Cloth worn at tips of fore corners. Name written on endpaper, no other inscriptions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Swan Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100119
- Title
- THE PANTROPHEON : or History of Food and It's Preparation From the EarliestAges of the World
- Author
- Soyer, Alexis
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Stationer's Hall Court, London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Pages
- 474
- Size
- 9 3/4" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cookery/Antique Cookery Books/Soyer's Pantropeon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Cooking;
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