GASTRONOMY - BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme). Physiology of - Lot 260

GASTRONOMY - BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme). Physiology of taste. New illustrated edition. Paris, Carteret, 1923. 2 volumes in-8, brown morocco, large gilded rocaille decorations with bunches of grapes, fish, feathered game and leg of lamb, on boards and spines, gilded lace on inside edge, gilded edges, covers and spines preserved, slipcase (signed binding). Ex-libris. One portrait, 41 in-text compositions by Henri Pille and 34 by Maurice Leloir, etched by Léon Boisson. "A fine, highly-rated publication" (Carteret, I, 148, and IV, 82). Edition of 375 copies, this one (n°58) one of the 75 head copies on Japon with a suite of illustrations. A very fine copy from the library of Auguste Garnier, with his bookplate.