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(9vol) MENON, LOUIS FRANCOIS
Estimate:
$500 - $1,000
Sold
$325
Live Auction
Spring Estates | March 2023
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Description
Collection of volumes on French cookery by Louis Francois Henri de Menon, including:
Le Manuel Des Officiers de Bouche, ou Le Precis de Tous…, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1759, 12mo, in modern half brown leather, some toning but a rather nice copy (Vicaire 592, Bitting 321);
(2vols) La Nouvelle Cuisine Avec de Nouveaux Desseins de Tables et Vingt-Quatre Menus…, Paris: Chez Paulus du Mesnil, 1751, a fine, clean copy, overall very good;
La Nouvelle Cuisine, Avec de Nouveaux Menus pour chaque Saison de l’annee…Paris: Chez Paulus du Mesnil, 1742 (?), volume III (a continuation of the latter work?), a fine, clean copy, overall very good;
(2 copies of) La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Confiseur, a l’Usage des Officiers…, Paris, 1768, 12mo, both in contemporary leather, one in good shape with minor toning but with bumped corners, the other missing lower part of spine and losses at top, and water stain along lower margins of all pages;
La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Cuisinier, Avec Des Observations sur la connoissance & proprieties des Alimens. Paris: Chez Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1749, 12mo, in contemporary leather binding, interior pages mostly clean with some stains towards the front and back, binding with losses;
La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Cuisinier, Avec Des Observations…Nouvelle Edition, Paris, 1768, 12mo, a very fine, clean copy in a modern half leather binding; and
The French Family Cook: Being a complete System of French Cookery…Translated from the French, London: J. Bell, 1793, 8vo, FIRST EDITION of the first English translation of Menon’s La Cuisiniere Bourgeoise, in contemporary calf (rebacked), a nice copy with recipe written in a 19th century hand on the flyleaf
h. 8-1/2 in. (tallest)
Le Manuel Des Officiers de Bouche, ou Le Precis de Tous…, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1759, 12mo, in modern half brown leather, some toning but a rather nice copy (Vicaire 592, Bitting 321);
(2vols) La Nouvelle Cuisine Avec de Nouveaux Desseins de Tables et Vingt-Quatre Menus…, Paris: Chez Paulus du Mesnil, 1751, a fine, clean copy, overall very good;
La Nouvelle Cuisine, Avec de Nouveaux Menus pour chaque Saison de l’annee…Paris: Chez Paulus du Mesnil, 1742 (?), volume III (a continuation of the latter work?), a fine, clean copy, overall very good;
(2 copies of) La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Confiseur, a l’Usage des Officiers…, Paris, 1768, 12mo, both in contemporary leather, one in good shape with minor toning but with bumped corners, the other missing lower part of spine and losses at top, and water stain along lower margins of all pages;
La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Cuisinier, Avec Des Observations sur la connoissance & proprieties des Alimens. Paris: Chez Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1749, 12mo, in contemporary leather binding, interior pages mostly clean with some stains towards the front and back, binding with losses;
La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Cuisinier, Avec Des Observations…Nouvelle Edition, Paris, 1768, 12mo, a very fine, clean copy in a modern half leather binding; and
The French Family Cook: Being a complete System of French Cookery…Translated from the French, London: J. Bell, 1793, 8vo, FIRST EDITION of the first English translation of Menon’s La Cuisiniere Bourgeoise, in contemporary calf (rebacked), a nice copy with recipe written in a 19th century hand on the flyleaf
h. 8-1/2 in. (tallest)
Provenance
From the private collection of Carl & Shirley Sontheimer, founders of Cuisinart and noted antiquarian cookbook collectors, Greenwich, CT
