Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CUBA--COOKERY.) [Noviatur, J.T.?] Novisimo Manual del Cocinero, Pastelero, Repostero, Dulcero y Licorista Cubano . . . Gusto Criollo. [6], 151, [3] pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards; toned, thin paper with a few minor chips and tears, faint staining to later pages, lacking leaf 12:2; "Guantanamo" penciled on title page. Havana, [1891]
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first edition. A treasury of distinctively Cuban dishes such as "Ropa-Vieja Cubana" (page 19). The cuisine's African roots are clearly on display with dishes such as "Fufú Criollo" (page 45). The book concludes with long sections on food preservation, production of alcoholic beverages (including the "Método para hacer el rico Rom cubano" on pages 134-6), and manners. Simón Palmer, Gastronomía en España 2603. None traced at auction, in other bibliographies, or in OCLC, though an 1894 work by the same name by J.T. Noviatur is listed in Palau 195704.