MENUS - 2 works bound in 1 volume in-12 half mauve basane of - Lot 171

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MENUS - 2 works bound in 1 volume in-12 half mauve basane of - Lot 171
MENUS - 2 works bound in 1 volume in-12 half mauve basane of time, smooth back decorated, initials J.S. in foot (Jean Secret): 1/OZANNE (A.): Poésies gourmandes. Menus Recipes. Library of "L'Art Culinaire", s.d. (1900). 48 pages illustrated with drawings in the text. First edition. Achille Ozanne, born in 1846 in La Chapelle-la-Reine (Seine et Marne), died in Fontainebleau in 1896, was for a long time the chief cook of the king of Greece. This excellent cook also caressed the Muses and published recipes in verse in L'Art culinaire. Civet, truffles in champagne, epigram of lamb, pigeons in compote, woodcocks in salmis, eels in tartar and Christmas blood sausage are celebrated in rich and greedy rhymes. 2/BERTE Aîné: Les Menus d'un restaurant de Paris durant le siège. Preface of passionate analogy on the misfortunes of France. Toulon, Tardy, 1872. 142 pages; Rare and very interesting work because full of observations on the difficulties of supplying and feeding oneself in Paris during the siege.
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