PROSPER MONTAGNE ET AL (2 résultats)

Full Leather. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Thirty-first printing, 1971, of the English version of this venerable cooking encyclopedia, rebound by Chicago's also-venerable Monastery Hill bindery (today they make luxury restaurant & hotel accessories) in full red leather. As pictured; light wear, minor scuffs. Text clean; 1101 pages; French index, brief bibliography, b/w & color photos & illustrations, maps. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Quarto.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. V. Le Campion; et al. (illustrateur). First edition. The first edition of this fascinating collection of recipes from doctors in the Mediterranean Basin, in the very scarce original glassine and previously owned by cookery writer Elizabeth David. The first edition.From the library of the influential cookery writer Elizabeth David with her bookplate. Throughout her career, David influenced the revitalisation of home cookery in Britain, where she returned to after the Second World War, after travelling through France, Greece, and Egypt. She was horrified by the food served in post-war England, when rationing was still ongoing, and thus started her career with popularising foreign cuisines in Britain, publishing books on Mediterranean, French, and Italian cooking. Her recipes included ingredients that were scarcely available in Britain at the time, such as olive oil, basil, figs, and garlic, bringing new flavours to British cuisine. Her works include 'A Book of Mediterranean Food', 'French Country Cooking', and 'French Provincial Cooking'.Illustrated with monochrome vignettes by V. Le Campion.This interesting volume features a collection of recipes from gastronomic doctors from the Mediterranean Basin who share a passion for food and cooking, collected by Dr Zizine and revised by Prosper Montagne.In the publisher's original paper cover with the original, vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper.Undated, dated by copies held institutionally. In the publisher's original paper covers and glassine dust wrapper. Externally sound with a tidemark to the spine, sunning to the spine and extremities, a closed tear to the tail of the spine, and the odd minor mark. Bookplate of 'Elizabeth David' removed to the front pastedown, with offsetting to endpapers, front hinge weak and rear starting. Wrap is worn with loss to the rear and age toning. Internally binding weak in places. Pages clean and age toned. Good. book.