LOT. Set of 8 books. FONTENELLE (J.) and F. MALEPEYRE. New complete baker's manual. Paris, Encyclopédie Roret, L. Mulo, 1914. 2 volumes in one in-16, half olive morocco, spine decorated with a gilt fleuron between the nerves, covers preserved (Later binding). Illustrated with 220 figures in the text. LACHEVRE (Frederic). La chronique des chapons et des gélinottes du Mans d'Etienne Martin de Pinchesne, publiée sur le manuscrit original de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris, Libr. Henri Leclerc, 1907. Large in-8, paperback. Edition of 301 copies (including one on vellum), n°190. Attractive engraved frontispiece. MORDACQ (Philippe). Set of 2 works. - Le Menu: Une Histoire Illustree de 1751 a nos Jours. Paris, Laffont, 1989. In-4, publisher's hardback, dust jacket. - Il était une fois des menus royaux. S.l., 1994. Publisher's binding, dust jacket. NIHILUS (Jean). 99 manières d'accommoder le gibier. Paris, René Morot, 1892. In-16, red cloth, long title on burgundy morocco binding (Modern binding). Signature and date 1920 on title page. Marginal restoration pp. 9-10 and 11-12. PAMPILLE (Mme Léon Daudet). Les Bons plats de France. Cuisine régionale. Paris, Fayard, 1913. In-12, blue bradel half-percaline, gilt fleuron on spine, red mar. title page, covers preserved (Atelier Laurenchet). First edition. Handwritten notes concerning Alsatian recipes (pp. 112-113). TENDRET (Lucien). La Table au pays de Brillat-Savarin. Belley, Louis Bailly fils, 1892. In-8, paperback. Oberlé, 256. Rare first edition. The author was a lawyer in Belley, the town where Brillat-Savarin was born. This book is an opportunity to discover all the treasures of this region. A fine copy. VERDOT (C). Historiographie de la table ou abrégé historique, philosophique, anecdotique et littéraire des substances alimentaires et des objets qui leur sont relatifs, des principales fêtes, moeurs, usage et coutumes de tous les peuples anciens et modernes. Paris, by the author, 1833. In-18, paperback. Second edition of this treatise on the history of the foods of different nations from all periods, which the author dedicated to the Académie de l'industrie agricole, manufacturière et commerciale, of which he is a member. The first edition appeared the same year. This interesting work can be consulted like a dictionary, with the various terms listed in alphabetical order. Scattered brown spots.