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Paris, 1925, 4to brossura, pp. 220 + 196 con num ill. fot. n.t.

Paris: Blondel La Rougery [1924 - 1925 ?]. Two vols bound in one, illustrated, large quarto, pp 220, 196, very slightly aged internally, signature on front endpaper, bound in a simple buckram, very slightly worn. (Poissons osseux, poissons cartilagineux, mollusques, crustaces etc.) Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fishy" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in Tunis, his wife asked him to look for a cookbook on fish because she did not recognize any of the local varieties. Not being able to find one he wrote one himself. The original manuscript was copied with a… Read More

1925. relié. DeCollection. Editeur Blondel la Rougery, Office scientifique et technique des pêches maritimes, Paris, 1925. 2 parties dans un seul volume in/4 reliure demi-basane, dos à nerfs à pièce de titre grise et petit fleuron doré, nombreuses illustrations en noir, 220 et 196 pages. de papier couché. Frottements sur la reliure, dos insolé. Les poissons osseux, puis les cartilagineux, mollusques, crustacés, etc.. Le Danois est également l’auteur de “Vie et moeurs des poissons” (Payot 1949).