TOUSSAINT-SAMAT, Maguelonne

History of Food

Oxford, Blackwell, 1994 (first thus)/ 1992 (first English translation)/ 1987.

Quarto, xx, 801 pages with numerous illustrations.

Colour pictorial card covers; spine lightly sunned; rear cover a little creased; pages 515-516 with a tiny tear to the top edge; a very good copy.

'Indispensable, and an endlessly fascinating book. The view is staggering. Not a book to digest at one or several sittings. Savor it instead, one small slice at a time, accompanied by a very fine wine' (rear cover). Translated from the French by Anthea Bell.

Item #131730

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