Paris: Chez P. Rouquette et Fils, Editeurs, 1890. Large octavo, 971 columns / 485 pages, plus errata. Text in French. First edition. One of 450 copies on beau papier velin, from a total of 500. Illustrated throughout with images from cookery books and engraved elements for each chapter. Seminal gastronomy bibliography from the beginning of printing to 1890. According to Bitting, "the work is considered the most erudite and valuable bibliography extant on gastronomic subjects". In original printed brown wrappers with glassine dust jacket. Uneven text block with some pages uncut. Foxing to endpapers and to edges throughout text, otherwise very good. [Bitting, page 478].

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Bookseller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3389
Title: Bibliographie Gastronomique
Author: Vicaire, Georges
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Chez P. Rouquette et Fils, Editeurs
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1890
Keywords: bibliography, reference, french, cookery, gastronomy

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Errata: Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...