HISTOIRE DE LA TABLE; Curiosités Gastronomiques de tous les temps et de tous les pays
Paris: E. DENTU, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. 435 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Nicolardot wrote this mid-19th-century French survey of eating, drinking, and table customs from antiquity up to the mid 1800s. Topics range from ancient banquets and Biblical meals through Greek and Roman feasts, medieval and Renaissance tables, and then touching on the authors present-day notable hosts, table manners, and famous dishes. Includes many anecdotes, curious recipes, historical drinking customs, and debates over wine. Rebound in modern yellow cloth. Previous owner's bookplate: Ex libris, Marjorie Freeman. Interior clean, boards lightly rubbed at spine, otherwise clean. Text in French. [BITTING 343] [CAGLE 362]. Original yellow wraps bound in yellow cloth covered boards, red leather title on spine. Very good. Item #4813
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