Nignon, Edouard. – Les plaisirs de la table. Ou, sous une forme nouvelle, l’auteur a dévollé maints délicieux secrets et recettes de bonne cuisine, transcrits les précieux avis de Gourmets fameux et de fins gastronomes, conseillers aimables et surs en l’art de bien manger.

Mignon was a great chef working first for the Tsar of Russia and then for the Austrian Emporer, before opening his own celebrated restaurant Larue in the Rue Royale de Paris. – Original edition of this remarkable book of receipts. He made known the richnesses of the Russian kitchen, such as the bortsch and the koulibiacs. – Spine with small tears, binding a bit wrikled, inside good. – Oberle 277.