[LABANOFF de ROSTOFF, prince Alexandre (1788-1866)]. - photo 1
[LABANOFF de ROSTOFF, prince Alexandre (1788-1866)]. - photo 2
[LABANOFF de ROSTOFF, prince Alexandre (1788-1866)]. - photo 3

[LABANOFF de ROSTOFF, prince Alexandre (1788-1866)].

Lot 129
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 129 | [LABANOFF de ROSTOFF, prince Alexandre (1788-1866)].
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[LABANOFF de ROSTOFF, prince Alexandre (1788-1866)].

Tablettes gastronomiques de Saint-Pétersbourg, rédigées par un amateur… Saint-Pétersbourg : Édouard Pratz, 1856-1858.

Édition originale et seule parue, tirée à 100 exemplaires hors commerce.



Aide de camp de Nicolas 1er, le général Labanoff abandonna l'uniforme par amour des lettres en 1828. Membre associé de la Société des bibliophiles françois, il fit don à l'État russe de sa prestigieuse bibliothèque et de sa collection de cartes géographiques.



Les menus d'une table princière opulente : 3339 plats énumérés.



Recueil de menus servis à Saint-Pétersbourg de 1841 à 1857 : 3339 plats (et non 3328 comme indiqué à la fin) : 365 potages, 147 hors d'œuvre chauds, 195 relevés de boucherie, gibier et volaille,… et 553 entremets sucrés.

La seconde partie s'ouvre sur la nomenclature – en russe, en français et en latin – de trente-trois sortes de poissons en vente sur les marchés de Saint-Pétersbourg. S'ensuit le détail de 320 menus, certains pour huit personnes, d'autres de cinq cents couverts ; la plupart avec indication du nom de la vingtaine de cuisiniers français qui officiaient pour l'« amateur », qui n'est autre que le prince anonyme. Vicaire, 815 (« Ouvrage très rare ; tous les exemplaires ont été donnés en Russie sauf trois en France, dont un fait partie de la collection de M. le baron Pichon ») ; Brunet III, 706 ; Bitting, 605-606 ; Bulletin du bibliophile, 1868, p. 453 (« Vicaire cote ce livre presque le double de l'édition originale d'Olivier de Serres et bien plus cher que Vincent La Chapelle »).



L’exemplaire porte un ex-dono autographe signé du prince Labanoff : Offert à Lady Buchanan, épouse de Sir Andrew Buchanan (1807-1882), célèbre diplomate anglais chargé d'affaires dans diverses capitales et à Saint-Pétersbourgn, ainsi que l’ex-libris de la bibliothèque Édouard Nignon (1865-1934), chef de cuisine des rois, du tsar et des célébrités de son temps.



2 parties en un fort volume in-8 (234 x 156 mm) (pâles rousseurs.) Reliure du XXe siècle : maroquin vieux rose, plats richement ornés de huit guirlandes florales verticales, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, tranches dorées, chemise de demi-maroquin à bandes (signée D. Jaquillard) et étui.

Provenance : Lady Buchanan (envoi) ; Édouard Nignon (ex-libris).



First edition of this work by prince Labanoff, compiling more than 3.300 menus. This copy inscribed to Lady Buchanan.

Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
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