GASTRONOMY MENON. La Cuisiniere bourgeoise, suivie... Lot 42

[GASTRONOMY] MENON. La Cuisiniere bourgeoise, suivie de l'office, à l'usage de tous ceux qui se mêlent de dépenses de Maisons. Brussels. Brussels: Guillyn, 1746. Scarce first edition (only one record at auction on RBH) of one of the classics of 18th-century French cookery directed at the expanding middle classes and which would be translated into Italian in 1766 under the title ''Il cuoco piemontese perfezionato a Parigi''. 8vo, (165 x 95mm). Author's signature to f. A1, engraved head-pieces, complete with final approbation and errata. Contemporary full calf binding, title gilt to spine, spine gilt (some chipping). Provenance: 'Chanoin Nasi' contemporary ownership inscription on title page. (1)