(*NEW ARRIVAL*) Auguste Escoffier. Le Guide Culinaire: Aide-Memoire de Cuisine Pratique

[iii]-xii, 792 + [4] pp. Illus. with a few woodcuts and vignettes. Period half-calf & marbled boards. First Edition. Paris: 1903.

A very rare first edition of Escoffier's seminal work, Le Guide Culinaire. Auguste Escoffier was the first chef to establish military-style ranks to professional kitchens, and is perhaps best known for his innovative recipes for classic French sauces. A set of suggested menus ends out the chapters. This copy includes the folding Garde Manger chart, which has a 2" tear to lower extremity (no paper is missing).

Rubbing to extremities, particularly spine ends, sunning to upper edges, hinges starting; inelegant inscription dated 1954 to flyleaf facing title, possibly lacking half-title (as page numbers begin at iii), otherwise a very good copy of a scarce edition.

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