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Careme, Antonin Le Patissier Pittoresque. Paris: Impremerie de Firmin Didot, 1828. 8vo, half...
Careme, Antonin
Le Patissier Pittoresque. Paris: Impremerie de Firmin Didot, 1828. 8vo, half red coarse-grain morocco over marbled boards, add. eng. tit. to plates, 125 plates (numbered 1-123 with 2 others), signed by Careme on verso of half-title as issued. Third ed.
Perhaps the masterpiece of the Ancien Regime's cuisine, Careme's book sought to unite patisserie with poetry, music and scuplture as an artistic expression. He served Talleyrand, Napoleon, the Prince Regent, Tsar Alexander I, and James Mayer Rothschild across a long and successful career.
Le Patissier Pittoresque. Paris: Impremerie de Firmin Didot, 1828. 8vo, half red coarse-grain morocco over marbled boards, add. eng. tit. to plates, 125 plates (numbered 1-123 with 2 others), signed by Careme on verso of half-title as issued. Third ed.
Perhaps the masterpiece of the Ancien Regime's cuisine, Careme's book sought to unite patisserie with poetry, music and scuplture as an artistic expression. He served Talleyrand, Napoleon, the Prince Regent, Tsar Alexander I, and James Mayer Rothschild across a long and successful career.
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