Jean Anthelme BRILLAT-SAVARIN
The Physiology of Taste or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy. A New Translation by M. F. K. Fisher with Profuse Annotations by the Translator and Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage.
New York:The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Large octavo (10 3/8 x 6 3/4in; 264 x 172mm). Pp. 471, [1]. Colored illustrations throughout, after Sylvain Sauvage. Original English pigskin-backed decorated paper-covered boards, blindstamped title and designs to spine, glassine, slipcase (splt to galssine, light discoloration to backstrip of slipcase)
Limited edition of 1500 copies, numbered 743. This is the first appearance of Fisher's translation, which is considered greater than all the English translations that came before it.
- Binding Condition: Excellent
- Overall Condition: Excellent
- Size: 10 3/8 x 6 3/4in; 264 x 172mm
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