La Cuisine Classique [Classical Cuisine]

Description

Finely bound set of La Cuisine Classique by Urban Dubois and Emile Bernard, published in 1899.

Quarto, [two volumes], lxiv, 431pp, [1]; [4], 523pp, [5]. One-quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Creuzevault of Paris, with bindery imprint on front flyleaf of both volumes. Stated “Dix-Septieme Edition,” or 17th Edition, on title page. Text fully printed in French. Solid text blocks, light rubbing to corners, faint toning to front and rear flyleaves. A near fine set. Features numerous illustrations of French table-settings and meals.

The title page (roughly) translates to “Classical Cuisine: Practical, Reasoned, and Demonstrative Studies of the French School.”