"Brillat Savarin - The Physiology Of Taste. Tessier, 1838. Contemporary Binding."
BRILLAT SAVARIN - The physiology of taste or meditations on transcendent gastronomy, dedicated to Parisian gourmets. Paris, Just Tessier, 1838; in-8, 384 + 412 pp., brown half-calf bindings, smooth decorated and stamped spines, painted edges, the leather of the bindings needs restoration, one joint in volume two is almost completely split. The 2 volumes. Fifth edition, preceded by a biographical note on the author, by M. le baron Richerand. Ex-libris Marcel Wilhélem.