JOSEPH MENON (1700?-1771) LA SCIENCE DU MAITRE D’HOTEL CUISINIER AVEC DES OBSERVATIONS SUR LA CONNAISSANCE & LES PROPRIÉTÉS DES ALIMENTS [THE ART OF THE CHEF COOK WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF FOOD] NEW EDITION, 1776. 1 VOLUME IN FRENCH.

Paris, Chez Leclerc, Bookseller at the Palais à la Prudence, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776] New, revised & corrected edition. With the King’s Approval & Privilege. Bound, 561 pp. in full contemporary leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands, title label, 17 x 10.5 x 4 cm Binding and spine worn, leather scuffed, rubbing, joints split, a few annotations, stains, soiling, creases, wormholes affecting a large number of pages in the margins, without affecting the text Joseph Menon French cook and writer. Several of his books were published without the author’s name being given.