JOSEPH MENON (1700?-1771) LA SCIENCE DU MAÎTRE D’HÔTEL, CONFISEUR, A L’USAGE DES OFFICIERS, AVEC DES OBSERVATIONS SUR LA CONNAISSANCE & LES PROPRIÉTÉS DES FRUITS. [THE ART OF THE MAÎTRE D’HÔTEL AND CONFECTIONER, FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF FRUIT] NEW EDITION, 1788. 1 VOLUME IN FRENCH.
Lot 930
400500
Paris, by the Compagnie des Libraires associés, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
Sequel to Le Maître d’Hôtel Cuisinier.
New Edition, revised & corrected.
Enriched with Designs for Decorations & Arrangements for Desserts.
With the King’s Approval & Privilege.
Bound, 525 pp. in full contemporary leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands, title label,
17.5 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm
Binding and spine worn, scuffing, rubbing, loss of leather, corners worn, cap ends worn away, foxing, soiling, water stains.
Joseph Menon
French cook and writer.
Several of his books were published without the author’s name being given.