Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 264

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[MENON, -.] The French Family Cook; being, A Complete System of French Cookery. [8], [iii]-xxiv, 342, [2] pages, including final ad leaf. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked; severe tape discoloration on title across center and in gutter. Armorial bookplate of Wm. McQuhae of Cockermouth dated 1831. London: J. Bell, 1793

Additional Details

first edition in english of Menon's 1746 La Cuisinière Bourgeoise. Bitting, page 554; Cagle 872; Oxford, page 121.