The Physiology of Taste or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
by Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1887178090
- ISBN 13
- 9781887178099
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995. Originally published in 1825, in the M.F.K. Fisher translation from 1949, considered the best. This is a Near Fine copy, reprinting the Arion Press issue. Blue cloth binding with titling and decorations in black on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 355 pages, and colophon. Illustrated by the great American artist Wayne Thiebaud. Some minor bumps, else Fine. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped; spine lightly faded. In an archival plastic protector. [Large, heavy book; will demand extra postage]. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wayne Thiebaud. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005795
- Title
- The Physiology of Taste or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
- Author
- Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
- Illustrator
- Wayne Thiebaud
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1887178090
- ISBN 13
- 9781887178099
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Reprint
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- Fine
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- Bumps
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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