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(8vol) MENON, LOUIS FRANCOIS
Estimate:
$500 - $1,000
Sold
$375
Live Auction
Spring Estates | March 2023
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Description
Collection of volumes on French cookery by Louis Francois Henri de Menon, including:
(3vols, assembled) La Nouvelle Cuisine Avec de Nouveaux Desseins de Tables et Vingt-Quatre Menus…, Paris: Chez David Pere (vol I) and Chez Guillyn (vols II & III), 1751, 12mo, in contemporary bindings, interiors in fine, clean condition, bindings bumped but generally good, vol III binding with stain and more degradation than the others;
Le Manuel Des Officiers de Bouche, ou Le Precis de Tous…, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1759, 12mo, in contemporary leather, interior with light toning but generally very good, corners bumped, crack along front board hinge;
La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Confiseur, a l’Usage des Officiers…, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1776, 12mo, in a modern half leather binding, some light toning, spotting, and stains, but generally good;
(2 copies of) La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Cuisinier, Avec Des Observations…Nouvelle Edition, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1768, 12mo, both in contemporary leather, one title with library stamp F.M. under a horseshoe, interior very clean and binding restored, a fine copy; the other with some light spotting throughout, binding with loss lower spine, degraded hinges (though still intact); 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, front board and flyleaf loose, rear board split at hinge but still attached, corners bumped
h. 8-1/2 in. (tallest)
(3vols, assembled) La Nouvelle Cuisine Avec de Nouveaux Desseins de Tables et Vingt-Quatre Menus…, Paris: Chez David Pere (vol I) and Chez Guillyn (vols II & III), 1751, 12mo, in contemporary bindings, interiors in fine, clean condition, bindings bumped but generally good, vol III binding with stain and more degradation than the others;
Le Manuel Des Officiers de Bouche, ou Le Precis de Tous…, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1759, 12mo, in contemporary leather, interior with light toning but generally very good, corners bumped, crack along front board hinge;
La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Confiseur, a l’Usage des Officiers…, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1776, 12mo, in a modern half leather binding, some light toning, spotting, and stains, but generally good;
(2 copies of) La Science du Maitre d’Hotel, Cuisinier, Avec Des Observations…Nouvelle Edition, Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1768, 12mo, both in contemporary leather, one title with library stamp F.M. under a horseshoe, interior very clean and binding restored, a fine copy; the other with some light spotting throughout, binding with loss lower spine, degraded hinges (though still intact); 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, front board and flyleaf loose, rear board split at hinge but still attached, corners bumped
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