(Ribou, Jean)

L'Ecole Parfaite des Officiers de Bouche, Qui Enseigne les Devoirs du Maitre-d Hotel, & du Sommelier; la maniere de faire les Confitures seches & liquids; les Liqueurs, les Eaux, les Pommades & les Parfums; la Cuisine..,

Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1708. 7th edition, Crown 8vo, pp. (x) 507, (xvii Index), b/w ills., 3 b/w folded plates depicting table settings, lacking a fourth folded plate, previous owner's inscription, light tanning page edges, marks scattered throughout, faint stain edges Index pages, leather boards, gilt decorated spine, head and tail spine chipped with loss, leather scuffed and worn.

Early French cookbook, provides illustrated guide to the carving of various meats including the pigeon, along with illustrations of table settings. Defective lacking one folded plate. Text in French. Cagle (180). Vicaire. Item #83356

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