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[MARIN, François].

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Lot 142 | [MARIN, François].
[MARIN, François].

Les Dons de Comus, ou Les Délices de la table… Paris : Prault fils, 1739.

Édition originale : le vade mecum du maître d’hôtel et du cuisinier.



Ce traité inaugure la veine éditoriale des ouvrages qui attestent la transformation de l'art culinaire au cours des années 1740 – dès lors qu'on ne recherche plus la quantité, mais une « harmonie des mets ». L’auteur explique : « …ce n'est ici qu'un abrégé de la cuisine moderne, dont j'espère donner un traité complet » (p. 129). Ce dernier verra le jour en trois volumes (1742), sous le titre de Suite des Dons de Comus, redevenus Les Dons de Comus pour les éditions définitives de 1758 et 1775.

François Marin fut un temps le maître d'hôtel du maréchal de Soubise, épicurien notoire. Ami intime de Louis XV et de Mme de Pompadour, Soubise officiait aux fourneaux avec le monarque et le prince de Dombes pour confectionner eux-mêmes après la chasse leurs plats favoris.

Non signé, l'Avertissement de trente-deux pages mit le feu aux poudres dans la controverse sur la nouvelle cuisine. Attribué à deux jésuites (cf. Barbier, repris par Vicaire), ce texte clé est plus vraisemblablement de Meusnier de Querlon, reconnu comme l'auteur de l'Apologie des modernes (1740) et de la préface de la Suite des Dons de Comus (1742).



Conlon ne recense que deux exemplaires dans les collections publiques en France : Arsenal et BnF (Le siècle des Lumières IV, n° 39 : 593). Rahir, Bibliothèque de l'amateur, p. 256 ; Livres en bouche, 198 ; Vicaire, 284-285 ; Cagle, 301 (deux exemplaires aux États-Unis) ; Bitting, 307-308 ; Oberlé Fastes, 108 ; Simon, Bibliotheca gastronomica, n° 1001.



In-12 (160 x 94 mm). Illustré d'un frontispice gravé par Le Bas (ff. a2 et T1-T3 plus courts en marge). Reliure pastiche signée Loutrel : veau marbré, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges.



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