Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 286

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(MEXICAN COOKERY.) Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme. Fisiologia del Gusto. Frontispiece plate, numerous illustrations. 414, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, minor wear; intermittent foxing, moderate dampstaining to last 40 pages; early signature on page 29, later ownership stamps and bookplate on front free endpapers. Mexico, 1852
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First edition in translation into any language of the renowned 1826 French collection of gastronomical essays, "Physiologie du goût" (The Physiology of Taste). The first English translation did not arrive until 1854. Brillat-Savarin's work played an important role in promoting fine cuisine, and he was an early promoter of what we now call the low-carbohydrate diet. Cagle 1199; this edition not in Palau (cf 35839).