Un gourmand à Paris; Toutes les maisons où l'on mange bien.
Paris: Editions Bernard Grasset, 1959. First Edition. 8vo, 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (190 x 115 mm), 406 pages, some unopened. Illustrated paper cover printed in green and black and glassine covered, spine toned. Pages clean and unmarked, with light even toning.
Presentation copy, dated June 1959.
A lively and affectionate portrait of Paris through its culinary life, by the noted gastronome and journalist Robert J. Courtine, long associated with Le Monde. Blending anecdote, criticism, and guidebook sensibility, Un gourmand à Paris captures the postwar Parisian dining scene with wit and authority. Includes some recipes, lists of dishes and where best to eat them, as well as a list of restaurants open in August (!).
Presentation copies of Courtine’s works are uncommon and add a layer of personal association to this already engaging gastronomic text.
Condition: Very good +.
Item number: 2371
Price: $75.00
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