[Joseph MENON] - Les Souprs de la Cour ou l'art de Travaille - Lot 67

[Joseph MENON] - Les Souprs de la Cour ou l'art de Travailler toutes sortes d'Aliments pour Servir les Meilleurs Tables suivant les Saisons. Paris, chez Guillyn, 1755. 4 vols (12x18,2cm) XII-XXII-(2pp)-404pp, XXII-460pp, XXII-300pp and 367pp. Later half leather binding. FIRST EDITION. Ex-Libris with the arms of M. Ch. Schefer. Bibliographical references: this work is considered one of the most important of 18th-century French culinary art. The seasonal menus illustrate what a "fine supper" might have been like during the reign of Louis XV. It contains over two thousand recipes for meat, fish, pastries, oysters, omelettes and pantry items (preserves, jams, pastillages and decorative sands). His seasonal menus mention the decoration of meals with the service indicated in the margin. [Vicaire - 591, Bitting - 321, Livres en bouche - Cinq siècles d'art culinaire français (Bibliothèque nationale de France), notice 212]. Very good condition. Some light rubbing to binding.