L'école parfaite des officiers de bouche

Original full brown basane binding. Gilt floral ribbed spine. Missing head covers. Red edges. Opening of the jaws. Small galleries of worms in the margins. The paper is in good condition.

Divided in 3 parts, the first one contains the "Cutting Squire", an 18-wooden illustration of how to cut meat, but above all the "Perfect Chef" (recipes for jams, jellies, marmalade, fruit paste, biscuits, food coloring, drugstore and perfumery: recipes for eau de senteur, home perfumes, hair powders, perfumes (amber, musk, benjouin, storax....), soaps, essences and floral oils, face and teeth ointments).
The second part, the "Perfect Cook", is dedicated to meats, fish and vegetables (note that the juices are appearing but are not yet worked); the third part, the "Perfect Pastry Chef", with pâtés, pies and savoury fritters.
Ref. Vicar, Fastes, 341. - Oberlé 111.