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BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of taste. Illustrated...

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BRILLAT-SAVARIN. Physiology of taste. Illustrated by Bertall, preceded by a biographical note by Alph. Karr. Paris, Gabriel de Gonet, s.d. (1848). In-8, blue percaline, on the plates gilded and colored, smooth spine decorated in the same way (publisher's cardboard). False title, title, xxiii pp., 416 pp. Edition illustrated with woodcut ornaments and vignettes in the text, and out of text, a portrait and 7 figures engraved by Geoffroy after Bertall, and printed on chine appliqué. Charming colored boards. Some foxing. Vicaire, 118.