DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). - photo 1

DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870).

Lot 91
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 91 | DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870).
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DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870).

Grand dictionnaire de cuisine. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1873.

Édition originale ; un des 5 exemplaires sur papier de Chine (n° 2).



Le tirage de luxe comporte aussi 50 exemplaires sur Hollande et un exemplaire sur parchemin. Édition ornée des portraits de l'auteur et du cuisinier Vuillemot, gravés à l'eau-forte par Rajon. Les 24 dernières pages intitulées Annexe sont des annonces publicitaires rédigées par l'auteur en faveur de grandes maisons de comestibles ou d'orfèvrerie, ainsi qu'une Étude sur la moutarde (9 pages), pour vanter l'excellence de la maison Bornibus. Alexandre Dumas père, l'une des plus fines gueules de son siècle, était fier de ses talents culinaires hérités de sa mère, fille d'un maître d'hôtel du duc d'Orléans, Philippe-Égalité.



3 000 recettes agrémentées par le savoir érudit de l'intarissable conteur. Au soir de sa vie, pansu, rubicond et épuisé par le travail et les plaisirs, il confie : “Je veux clore mon œuvre littéraire de cinq cents volumes par un livre de cuisine”. À Roscoff, durant l'été 1869, il s'appliqua à mettre en ordre les innombrables notes et anecdotes gastronomiques qu'il avait accumulées au fil des années. L'ouvrage posthume vit le jour après la guerre franco-prussienne, avec la collaboration inattendue d'un jeune “travailleur de Lemerre” pour la mise au point du manuscrit : Anatole France. Pour la rédaction de certaines recettes, il avait pris conseil auprès des meilleurs chefs de l'époque, qui comptaient aussi parmi ses amis : Vuillemot dont on retrouve le portrait gravé en tête de l'ouvrage, Brébant, Grignon, les Frères Provençaux, Verdier, Véry, parmi d'autres. Vicaire, 297 (collation erronée) ; Cagle, 171 ; Bitting, 135 ; Oberlé, Fastes, 238.



Grand in-8 (272 x 175 mm). Exemplaire de choix, grand de marges. Reliure signée Cuzin : demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, non rogné (plats et dos légèrement frottés). Sous emboîtage moderne.



First edition, one of the 5 deluxe copies on China paper (n° 2). The last book ever written by Dumas, comprising more than 3000 recipes and anecdotes.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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