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[MENON, Joseph (ca. 1700-1771)].

Lot 155
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 155 | [MENON, Joseph (ca. 1700-1771)].
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[MENON, Joseph (ca. 1700-1771)].

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.

Édition originale de ce chef-d’œuvre de la littérature culinaire, dont Vicaire souligne la rareté. Élégant exemplaire en reliure de l’époque.



Dans cet ambitieux traité, plus de 2000 recettes permettent d’imaginer ce que pouvait être un souper fin sous Louis XV : truffes, crêtes de coq, ris de veau, foie gras, cuisson au champagne... Les poulardes, à elles seules, occupent quelque quatre cents pages et le chapitre pâtisserie et pièces montées est remarquable. On passe véritablement de la cuisine à la gastronomie. Par ailleurs, les menus saisonniers, pour tables de quinze à trente-cinq couverts, mentionnent la décoration, unissant la table aux beaux-arts : parterres, fleurs, bosquets de fruits… Philip et Mary Hyman observent qu’on y trouve également des recettes dont les préparations sont plus simples et moins onéreuses, notamment tirées de La Cuisinière bourgeoise (1746). Ainsi, la pomme de terre fait-elle, pour la première fois dans un manuel de cuisine, une discrète apparition (vol. IV, p. 150).



Exemplaire portant bien le paraphe autographe de l’auteur en pied de la première page de l’Avertissement. Rahir, Bibliothèque de l’amateur, p. 535 ; Vicaire, 591 (« Ces quatre volumes sont très estimés et atteignent un prix assez élevé dans les ventes ») ; Cagle, 344 (erreur de collation pour le tome I) ; Livres en bouche, 212.



4 volumes in-12 (166 x 95 mm). (Légères rousseurs et taches par endroits ; t. IV : déchirure au f. F5.) Reliure de l’époque : basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (restaurations à plusieurs coiffes et mors).



First edition of this important work concerning cookery at Louis XV’s court.

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