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Culinaria - Escoffier, Auguste

The culinary guides, 1921

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€ 200 - 300

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€ 258

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Information

Paris, Flammarion, 1921. 25x16 cm. Red half-leather binding, title stamped in gold on the spine, worn, pages uniformly browned. Together with the complement Le livre des menus , Paris, Flammarion, 1912. 25x16 cm. Folded table at the end of the volume, light browning, some stains. Editorial binding in blue cloth with gold lettering, signs of aging.

Specialist Notes

Important recipe book by Georges Auguste Escoffier (Villeneuve-Loubet, 28 October 1846 Monte Carlo, 12 February 1935), French chef and author of various gastronomy books; nicknamed "chef of kings, king of chefs", he was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1920.