MENON (Joseph). Les Soupers de la cour, ou L'Art de travailler toutes sortes d'alimens, pour servir les meilleures tables, suivant les quatre saisons. Paris, Guillyn, 1755. in-12, brown half-maroquin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt heads (19th century binding). First edition of this important collection: "(...) its seasonal menus (...) mention the decoration of meals (...). More than two thousand recipes cover meat, fish, pastries, oysters, omelettes and the galley (preserves, jams, pastillages and decorative sands). Service is indicated in the margin. Dietetics is absent" (Livres en bouche). From the John Hodgkin library, with bookplate. Covers and corners bumped, rubbing on spines. Vicaire, 591-592 - Livres en bouche, n° 212 - Missing in Bitting, and Oberlé.