Bibliographie Gastronomique. Une bibliographie de la gastronomie et des sujets rélatifs depuis le commencement de l'imprimerie à 1890. A bibliography of books. Introduction by André L. Simon

In-8°, pp. (6), XVIII, coll. 971 (la numerazione è per colonne), (1) di errata, legatura editoriale t. tela grigia con un fregio dorato e titoli in oro su doppio tassello rosso al dorso. Testatine e capilettera ornati, testo su due colonne. Illustrazioni in facsimile n.t. Indici alle coll. 909-966. Perfetto stato. Seconda edizione (la prima è del 1890, tirata in sole 500 copie) di classica bibliografia gastronomica che 'must be considered the most important bibliographical contribution in the field' (Simon). Annota il Bitting a proposito dell'opera: 'In the beginning, my collectinf of books on a gastronomy and closely allied subjects was made without experience other than a cursory examination of the table of contents. Real progress was not made. until a copy of Vicaire's Bibliographie Gastronomique was acquired. This masterpiece in its field was published in Paris in 1890 and covers the early European literature in a most satisfactory manner. Vicaire was librarian to the Bibliothèque Nationale and correspondent to the Vatican Library, thus having access to unlimited works. He had the further distinction of being well informed upon foods and the culinary arts; thus his copious annotations are of unusual interest to those engaged in the art as well as to the bibliophile' (p. IX). Bitting, p. 478: 'The work is considered the most erudite and valuable bibliography extant on gastronomic subjects'.