| British Library: | W.P.5827/38 |
| Curwen Press: | F94 |
| British Library: | W.P.5827/38 |
| Curwen Press: | F94 |
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[within an 18pt. border of flowers and rules] THE EPICURE'S MONTHLY COMPANION A GASTRONOMICAL GUIDE COMPILED BY KATHLEEN TALBOT Together with some Original Receipts composed by the late M. HENRI THÉVENIN and other Seasonable Receipts English, French and Turkish WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR STEPHEN GASELEE Oh! que manger est un charmant besoin: Nous l'éprouvons sans peine et sans soin. C'est un plaisir; c'est le dernier qu'on quitte. Est-il éteint? bientot il résusscite. C'est, toujours sûr et jamais décévant, Celui qu'on peut gouter le plus souvent. M. DE SAINT-JUST (L'Almanach de Gourmands, Paris, 1807) LONDON AT THE DE LA MORE PRESS
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Crown 8o: 7¼" × 4¾", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 11(+1)pt. Garamond; casing, buff paper printed brown and black, in brown on lower cover the publisher's imprint, around spine a broad band with lettering down spine in reverse: ‘THE EPICURE'S MONTHLY COMPANION’, and on upper cover a design showing a a gentleman at table, in black on upper cover below this design: ‘THE EPICURE'S MONTHLY COMPANION A GASTRONOMICAL GUIDE Compiled by KATHLEEN TALBOT’; dust-jacket printed like cover.
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Robin Phillips, 1963