Eugene Briffault — Paris a Table

Paris, J. Hetzel, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated first edition of this satirical glimpse into the culinary scene of nineteenth-century Paris, in the original French. First edition.Smartly bound in quarter cloth with marbled boards and endpapers.In the original French.Delightfully illustrated throughout, including with a frontispiece, by prolific illustrator, caricaturist and early photographer Charles Albert d'Arnoux, known as Bertall.An engaging, contemporary glimpse into nineteenth-century Paris, characterised by the signature wit of popular journalist and theatre critic Eugène Briffault. Through a selection of culinary anecdotes, Briffault guides the reader through the city's vibrant food and social scene. Smartly bound in quarter cloth with marbled boards and endpapers. Externally, very smart with minor bumping and rubbing, resulting in minimal loss of cloth to spine head and tail and loss of paper, more so to the bottom spine tips of both front and rear. One or two marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Reasonably age toned throughout with light sporadic spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages, making this a generally clean copy. Very Good . Ill.: Bertall. Very Good .