[BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme). Physiology of taste, or meditations on transcendental gastronomy; a theoretical, historical and topical work. Dedicated to Parisian gastronomes. Second edition. Paris, Sautelet & Cie, 1828. 2 volumes in-8 paperback, printed covers; folders, in a 19th century slipcase. A rare second edition of this famous work, first published in 1826, which immediately brought its author great success, but was short-lived as Brillat-Savarin died on 2 February 1826, only 2 months after the first edition went on sale. Copy of Doctor Récamier (ex-libris vignette), who was Madame Récamier's brother-in-law and Brillat-Savarin's cousin. Ex-libris Marquis de Fayolle on the jacket of the first volume. Ex-libris Rougier de Vaulgran (pseudonym of the chef Raymond Oliver) on both folders. Some scattered foxing. Vicaire, 117.