Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 420
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
BRILLAT-SAVARIN, JEAN-ANTHELME. The Physiology of Taste. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Translated and annotated by M. F. K. Fisher. 4to, original 1/4 pigskin decoratively stamped along spine, two 1 1/4-inch darkened spots on top and bottom spine compartments; owner's cellophane cover cellotaped to pastedowns; publisher's board slipcase, moderately worn. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949

Additional Details

first fisher edition, number 922 of 1500 copies. inscribed and signed by her to the fillins in 1979: "with the tacit approval of two good friends by J. A. Brillat-Savarin."