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ALDE: Gastronomy and Wine - Books and Menus, 92425, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025
Page Size: 221 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 FOURNIER (Jean-Baptiste) et Louis-Sebastien LE NORMAND.

Essai sur la preparation, la conservation, la desinfection des substances alimentaires et sur la construction des fourneaux economiques.

Paris 1818 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
53 FRANKLIN (Alfred).

La Vie privee d'autrefois. Arts et metiers, modes, moeurs, usages des parisiens du XIIe au XVIIIe siecle d'apres des documents originaux ou inedits. La Cuisine.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 375.00
54 GACON-DUFOUR (Jeanne).

Manuel de la menagere, a la ville et a la campagne, et de la femme de basse-cour...

Paris 1805 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 750.00
55 GARLIN (Gustave).

La bonne cuisine, comprenant 880 titres avec observations et 70 gravures a l'appui.

Paris 1898 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
56 GASTRONOME FRANcAIS (Le),

ou L'Art de bien vivre par les anciens auteurs du Journal des gourmands.

Paris 1828 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
57 GIRARDIN (Leon).

Le nouveau patissier confiseur glacier contenant 1067 recettes de patisserie, confiserie, petits fours secs et glaces, sirops et glaces. Conservation des sirops, pulpes, confitures, gelees et pates de fruits, avec le bouchage pneumatique.

Paris 1905 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 225.00
58 [GRAIN].

Statuts de la communaute des maitres et marchands grainiers, maitresses et marchandes grainieres de la ville, fauxbourgs et banlieue de Paris.

Paris 1750 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
59 GRANDI (Ferdinand).

Les 700 potages ou l'art de preparer les soupes, consommes, bisques, purees, garbures, semoules, legumes, farineux, potages de toutes sortes et de tous les pays. Suivi de cent recettes des releves de cuisine.

Paris 1902 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 438.00
60 [GRAZZINI (Anton Francesco)].

Lezione di maestro Niccodemo dalla Pietra al Migliaio sopra il Capitolo della salsiccia del Lasca.

Florence 1589 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.00
61 [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (Alexandre-Balthazar)].

Lorgnette philosophique, trouvee par un R. P. Capucin sous les Arcades du Palais-Royal, et presentee au public, par un celibataire.

Londres et Paris 1785 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,125.00
62 [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (Alexandre-Balthazar)].

Almanach des gourmands ou calendrier nutritif servant de guide dans les moyens de faire excellente chere.

Paris 1804-1811. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
63 [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (Alexandre-Balthazar)].

Manuel des amphitryons, contenant un traite de la dissection des viandes a table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison et des elements de politesse gourmande.

Paris 1808 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 563.00
64 [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (Alexandre-Balthazar)]. Jules COUET.

Trois lettres de Grimod De La Reyniere (1778).

Paris 1909 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,750.00
65 GUEGAN (Bertrand).

La Fleur de la cuisine francaise. Cuisine ancienne - Cuisine moderne.

Paris 1920-1921. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
66 GUEGAN (Bertrand).

Le Cuisinier francais.

Paris 1934 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
67 GUINAUDEAU (Zette).

Fes vu par sa cuisine, illustrations de J.E. Laurent.

[Rabat 1960]. EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.00
68 HAEFFELE (Ernest).

Nutrition et cuisine normales basees sur l'utilisation rationnelle des vitamines. Supprimant spontanement la tuberculose, les cancers resultants de nutritions anormales, ainsi que les maladies de la nutrition.

S.l. vers 1920-1930. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,375.00
69 HAVET (Armand) et M. LANCIN.

Le dictionnaire des menages, ou recueil de recettes et d'instructions...

Paris 1820 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
70 HELOUIS (Edouard).

Les Royal-Diners. Guide du gourmet contenant les menus pour chaque saison avec la maniere de les preparer et des conseils sur le service de la table.

Paris 1878 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
71 JOBEY (Charles).

La Chasse et la table. Nouveau traite en vers et en prose donnant la maniere de chasse, de tuer et d'appreter le gibier.

Paris s.d. [1864]. EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 150.00
72 JOYANT (Maurice).

La Cuisine de Monsieur Momo. Celibataire.

Paris 1930 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
73 [L'ART DE BIEN TRAITER].

Divise en trois parties. Ouvrage nouveau, curieux et fort galant, utile a toutes personnes et conditions. Exactement recherche, & mis en lumiere. Par L.S.R.

Lyon 1693 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,750.00
74 LA CHAPELLE (Vincent).

Le Cuisinier moderne, qui apprend a donner toutes sortes de repas, en gras et en maigre, d'une maniere plus delicate que ce qui en a ete ecrit jusqu'a present.

La Haye 1736 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
75 LA VARENNE (Francois-Pierre de).

Le Cuisinier francois enseignant la maniere de bien apreter & assaisonner toutes sortes de viandes grasses & maigres,

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
76 LAINEZ (Alexandre).

Poesies. La Haye [Paris], la Compagnie [Thiboust],

1753 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 688.00
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