Trousset, Grande Encyclopédie illustrée d'Economie domestique et rurale, 2 vols, LA19.
Jules Trousset (Ed.), Grande Encyclopédie illustrée d'économie domestique et rurale. Grande cuisine, cuisine bourgeoise, petite cuisine des ménages. Un million de recettes. Par une Société de Practiciens, de Savants et de Gens de Lettres. Original edition in deliveries.
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- Illustrations : 2000 woodcuts in the text.
- Volumes: 2 volumes.
- Binding: contemporary red half leather, ornated spine, marbled endpapers.
- Condition : very good condition, slightly rubbed, small tear to the top of spine of vol. 1, clean throughout with some light foxing.
- Pages: 3 ff., 2388 columns; 3 ff., 2892 columns.
- Publisher: Paris, Fayard.
- Date: without date (1875 - 1877).
- Reference: Vicard 844 f.; Oberlé.
Original edition.
"This monumental work appeared in deliveries. It contains hundreds of woodcut illustrations in the text. All the practical information for running a house in the 19th century is gathered here, with a large place for the kitchen" (Oberlé).
The title page also states: Foreign cookery, pastry-making, pantry, confectionery, the art of accommodating leftovers, dissection, manners, forgeries, hygiene, common medicine, domestic pharmacy, veterinary art, herbalism, rural economy, floriculture, geology, meteorology, mineralogy, geometry, astronomy, geography, natural history, anthropology, botany, gardening, agriculture, animal husbandry, poultry farming, bee-keeping, sericulture, acclimatisation, applied physics and chemistry, common knowledge, furnishings, etc. The unpublished woodcuts are by L. Cobb, L. Lion, Ludovic, Mesnard, Mesnel, Tremelat and others.
| Condition | Used - Very Good |
|---|---|
| Language | France |
| Illustrated | Yes |
| Publicaton Date | Jan 1, 1875 |
| Year | 1875 |
| Author / Cartographer / Photographer | Trousset Jules |
| Editor | Fayard Arthème |
| First edition | Yes |
| Signed edition | No |
| Signed binding | No |
| Armorial binding | No |
| Binding / Format | Half leather |
| Size | 25 x 18 cm |
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