- 80
[Menon].
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed... Translated from Les Soupers de la Cour, ou, La Cuisine Reformée. London: Printed for the translator, 1767
- PAPER
First edition in English, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, continuous pagination, contemporary calf, occasional spotting, various old ownership inscriptions, binding rebacked and rubbed
Provenance
Hroar Dege (lot 373)
Literature
Cagle 871; Maclean p.99; Vicaire col.49
Catalogue Note
The first edition of the first translation of Menon into English. According to Maclean the translator is Bernard Clermont, who revealed his identity when the title of the above was changed to The Professed Cook in 1769.