[A]8 B-M8.
[A]2r
A CONCISE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF GASTRONOMY [swelled rule] SECTION VI BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS Divided into Three Parts: The first of which deals with Game Birds and other Wild Fowl; the second with Utility Poultry, and the third with their Eggs, both in the shell and in the dehydrated form COMPILED BY ANDRÉ L. SIMON PUBLISHED BY THE WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY 30 GROSVENOR GARDENS LONDON, S.W.1 1944
[A]1v
[A]8 B-M8.
[i-iii] iv [v] vi-viii [1] 2-83 [84] 85-154 [155] 156-83 [+1].
Medium 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 8 didot Walbaum,(9pt. setting); 11 didot Walbaum (12pt. setting); casing blue cloth, spine gold-blocked: ‘BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS Edited by André Simon Wine and Food Society’.
This is the sixth of 9 sections which together form this encyclopedia; it seems probable that each section was published in 2 versions, one hardback and the other paperback; also most sections were reprinted several times. Those copies examined either at Curwen or the B.L. are described here, but for some sections it has not been possible to trace and describe both versions. As a result evidence for the Date or the Wrapper colour of some sections may be lacking.
The complete set comprises I Vb Sauces, II Wb Fish, III Xd Vegetables, IV ZAb Cereals, V Yg Fruit, VI ZBs Birds, VII ZCr Meat, VIII ZDq Wine, IX ZDr Cheese + Analytical Index.
Where comparison of both editions has been possible the only changes found have been: the Society's address on the t.p.; the type of paper used; slight variation in page-size; one slight change in pagination; and of course the change in the note of the Impression on the verso of t.p.
Robin Phillips, 1963
| Curwen Press: | G53 |
As ZBs.
As ZBs.
Crown 8o: 7 ¼"×4 ¾", white laid, no mark, sections I and K are of finer paper with whiter colour; 8 didot Walbaum,(9pt. setting); 11 didot Walbaum (12pt. setting); paper wrappers printed like Wba with light blue background colour and the name and number of the section replaced by: ‘SECTION VI BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS . . .’.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
