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LEBAS, J.

Lot 133
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 133 | LEBAS, J.
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LEBAS, J.

Festin joyeux, ou La Cuisine en musique, en vers libres. Première [-seconde] partie. Paris : Lesclapart père et fils, 1738.

La gastronomie est une chanson douce : édition originale, en reliure de l’époque. L’ouvrage revêt une forme originale : les recettes y sont msies en vers et en chansons, et sont toutes précédées par l’air sur lequel elles doivent être fredonnées. Cagle, 269 ; Vicaire, 360-361 ; Maggs, 228 ; Bitting, 277.



2 parties en 1 volume in-12 (158 x 92 mm). Illustré d'une planche dépliante, représentant une “table de quatorze à quinze couverts”. En fin de deuxième partie et de volume, 12 ff./24 pp. de musique gravée (mouillures brunes dans l’ensemble du volume, en particulier en moitié supérieure de la planche dépliante, et des deux cahiers adjaçents ; restauration au premier feuillet blanc). Reliure de l'époque : veau fauve glacé, fleurons aux angles, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs et caissons ornés, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, gardes de papier marbré, tranches rouges (frottements aux coins, discrètes restaurations au dos, aux coiffes et charnières, feuillet I2 plus court de marge extérieure ; défaut de papier en marge extérieure du feuillet A1 de la seconde partie).

Provenance : Arthur Hugh Smith Barry of Marbury Hall (1843-1925) (ex-libris) ; Harry Schraemli (1904-1995) (ex-libris ; sa vente, 1971, n° 279).



First edition, in contemporary calf, of this amusing book, where recipes are put into music. Schraemli copy.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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