BESSET, Jules.
L'Art Culinaire Dans le Midi de la France.
Albi: Imprimerie Nouguies , 1878.
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Rare signed limited first edition of Jules Besset's L'Art Culinaire Dans le Midi de la France
Rare signed limited edition of Besset's work on the culinary arts of the South of France. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the limitation page. In very good condition. Scarce.
Gastronomy has historically been a primary factor in defining French regional and national identity, and at the turn of the 20th century, accounts of regional recipes, products, manners and customs penned by local dignitaries became a competitive practice.
L'Art Culinaire Dans le Midi de la France.
$500.00
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