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.

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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.