Antonin CAREME
Le pâtissier pittoresque. Le pâtissier royal parisien. Le maître d'hôtel français. Traité de l'office. Le cuisinier parisien. L'art de la cuisine française au XIXe siècle.
chez J. Renouard & Cie, etc.|Paris 1841 - 1847|13.70 x 21.40 cm|13 volumes reliés
Set of six early editions of Carême's works uniformly bound. With a frontispiece portrait of the author on the first volume.
Early 20th century 3/4 red sheepskin binding, spine with five raised bands, author, title and volume number stamped in gilt, decorative paper covers, monochrome endpapers and pastedowns.
A rare collection of works containing the gastronomic feats and architectural pastries of Antonin Carême, “king of cooks” and “cook of kings”.
This precious collection brings together all of his cookery books in contemporary editions. First editions were quickly sold out and following editions like these are also highly sought after, as they were expanded by the author – with the exception of L'Art de la cuisine française au dix-neuvième siècle: our copy is a re-sale of the first edition with a new title page followed by the two volumes written by his disciple Armand Plumerey in first edition.
€12,000