Illus. with five engravings with chapter headings, and five copper engravings on heavy paper by R. Gautier-Constant. Recipes and gastronomic essays by Raymond Oliver. 10.75x8.5", 3/4 maroon morocco & mottled boards, gilt-lettered spine. No. 65 of 100 copies. Paris: R. Gautier-Constant, [1959].
Warmly inscribed & signed by Raymond Oliver on the limitation page. An elegant book of copper engravings as well as lithographs in blue and white by the artist R. Gautier-Constant. Raymond Oliver was one of the finest gastronomic writers of the 20th century.
Minor rubbing to spine extremities, otherwise near fine.
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