CLASSICS OF THE TABLE (Les). Petite bibliothèque des écrits les plus distingués publiés à Paris sur la gastronomie et la vie élégante. Paris, Dentu, Martinon, Mansut, Treuttel et Wurtz, 1845. 2 parts in one volume, in-8, long-grained green half-maroquin with corners, richly decorated ribbed spine, mottled edges (Early 20th century binding). Third, enlarged edition of this famous gastronomic keepsake; it contains texts by Brillat-Savarin, Berchoux, Grimod de La Reynière, Cussy, Carême, etc., and is decorated with 2 frontispieces, 13 portraits (Appert in addition to the Vicaire collation) and 22 plates (Vicaire collation: Missing Psyché Mme d'Orléans, Table à thé Mme d'Orléans, Cordon bleu. Plus: Marchand de marrons, Une collation, Table et vases de feu Chenevard). Vicar, 179-180.