1884 Physiology of Taste Gastronomy Food Obesity Cooking English Brillat-Savarin

1884 Physiology of Taste Gastronomy Food Obesity Cooking English Brillat-Savarin

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was a 19^th-century French lawyer who is actually much better known for his culinary survey, “Physiology of Taste”. This book was a collection of aphorisms relating to food and food preparation, taste, appetite, thirst and drinking, and even a section on obesity!

This 1884 limited edition includes numerous illustrations by Adolph LaLauze and is numbered no. 152 of 500.

Item number: #28049

Price: $499

BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean Anthelme

Brillat-Savarin’s Physiologie du goût. A handbook of gastronomy

London: Nimmo & Bain, 1884.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xvi, 516, 14
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – S. C. Lister Jr., Swinton
  • Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1917) was an English baron and industrialist. The 2^nd baron’s father, Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815–1906), was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb, which revolutionized the English textiles industry. Motto: FIDEM PARIT INTEGRITAS
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~9in X 6.5in (23cm x 16.5cm)

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