E. Saint-Ange [Marie Èbrard] — La Bonne Cuisine

Paris, Larousse, 1929. Cloth. A scarce early edition of a charming French cookery book that has undergone numerous editions and influenced famous chefs such as Julia Child. A scarce and early edition of La Bonne Cuisine, written by French cookery writer Marie Èbrard under the pseudonym E. Saint-Ange. Published in 1929, first published in 1927.In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with pictorial paper boards. Contains numerous in-text illustrations.Containing an array of traditional French recipes and examples of kitchen equipment seen in middle-class French families of the 1920's, the book was highly popular and went through numerous different editions, cited as a significant influence on numerous celebrity chefs including Julia Child. Many of the recipes were drawn from her regular column in her husband's cooking magazine La Pot eu Feu. In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with pictorial paper boards. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Slight edge wear, and rubbing to joints and edges. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, and signs of fading to board extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean, with age toning. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean with age toning. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .