The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
by Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Peter Davies, 1925. First Edition. Quarter Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12. N/a. 326pp. 1925. Limited edition to 750 copies this being number 689. Small 4to. sized. Bound in original publisher's quarter vellum (gilt embossed to the spine) over marble paper-covered boards. Frontispiece of the author. Introduction by Arthur Machen. Numerous wood-cut devices after Andrew Johnson illustrate the text. Leading and lower-edges rough-cut. A former owner's neat blue ink name, place and date to the front endpaper (Katherine Evans, Pear Tree Cottage, 125 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead N.W.3). A little spotting to the endpapers and to the fore-edges (also a little toning to the extreme edges). A couple of light rub marks (or blemishes) to the vellum along the length of the spine - the largest being about 9mm x 6mm. A very good, clean, tight copy of a charming book on gastronomy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 238828
- Title
- The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
- Author
- Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peter Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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