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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
102 [MENON (Joseph)].

La Cuisiniere bourgeoise, suivi de l'Office, a l'usage de tous ceux qui se melent de depenses de maison.

Paris 1748 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 563.00
103 [MENON (Joseph)].

La Science du Maitre d'hotel confiseur, avec des observations sur la connoissance & proprietes des fruits.

Paris 1750 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 563.00
104 MENON (Joseph).

Les Soupers de la cour, ou L'Art de travailler toutes sortes d'alimens, pour servir les meilleures tables, suivant les quatre saisons.

Paris 1755 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,250.00
105 [MENON (Joseph)].

Traite historique et pratique de la cuisine, ou Le Cuisiner instruit (...). Suivi d'un petit abrege sur la maniere de faire les confitures liquides et autres desserts de toute espece.

Paris 1758 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 813.00
106 MENON (Joseph).

Les Soupers de la cour, ou l'Art de travailler toutes sortes d'alimens, pour servir les meilleures tables, suivant les quatre saisons.

Paris 1778 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
107 MICHELIN.

Guide Michelin.

1906 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,063.00
108 MONSELET (Charles).

Les Mois gastronomiques.

Paris s.d. (1880). EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
109 MONTANGERAND (Joanny).

La Cuisine mondiale.

Bruxelles 1919 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
110 NIGNON (Edouard).

Les Plaisirs de la Table, ou, sous une forme nouvelle, l'auteur a devoile maints secrets et recettes de bonnes cuisine, transcrit les precieux avis des fins gourmets fameux et de fins gastronomes, conseillers aimables et surs en l'art du bien-manger.

Paris [1926]. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
111 NIGNON (Edouard).

Eloges de la cuisine francaise. Presentation de Sacha Guitry.

Paris 1933 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 313.00
112 NONNIUS (Luis Nunez, dit Ludovicus).

Diaeteticon, sive de re cibaria libri IV.

Anvers 1645 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
113 NOUVEAU CUISINIER ROYAL (Le),

ou l'Art de la cuisine, mis a la portee de tout le monde ... par un officier de bouche.

Paris 1813 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
114 OBERLE (Gerard).

Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus, ou Histoire du boire et du manger en Europe, de l'Antiquite a nos jours, a travers les livres.

Paris 1989 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
115 OLIVER (Raymond) et Jean COCTEAU.

Recettes pour un ami.

Paris 1964 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 525.00
116 OLIVER (Raymond) et Jean COCTEAU.

Recettes pour un ami.

Paris 1964 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 563.00
117 ORDONNANCES.

Ordonnances de Louis XIV Roy de France et de Navarre, portant reglement sur le fait des Gabelles (suivies de) des Entrees, Aydes & autres droits.

Donnees a Saint Germain en Laye aux mois de mai et juin 1680. EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
118 [ORSI (Pierre)].

Ensemble quatre ouvrages sur la cuisine lyonnaise et la viticulture provenant de la bibliotheque du cuisinier et bibliophile lyonnais Pierre Orsi.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.00
119 PAPIN (Denis).

La Maniere d'amolir les os, et de faire cuire toutes sortes de viandes en fort peu de temps, & a peu de frais.

Paris 1682 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,125.00
120 PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin).

Experiences et reflexions relatives a l'analyse du bled et des farines.

Paris 1776 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
121 PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin).

Le Parfait boulanger, ou Traite complet sur la fabrication & le commerce du pain.

Paris 1778 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
122 [PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin)].

Jugement impartial et serio-comi-critique d'un manant, cultivateur & bailli de son village, sur le pain de pomme de terre pur de MM. Parmentier & Cadet ; et par occasion, sur quelques autres points : avec un avant-propos de son greffier.

A Berne et se trouve a Paris 1780 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 750.00
123 PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin).

Experiences et reflexions relatives a l'analyse du bled et des farines.

Paris 1781 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 750.00
124 PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin).

Avis aux bonnes menageres des villes et des campagnes, sur la meilleure maniere de faire leur pain. Nouvelle edition revue & corrigee.

Londres & Paris 1782 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
125 PELOUZE (Madame).

Art du blanchissage domestique, d'apres les procedes anglais et francais. Paris, Audot, 1828.

Paris 1828 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
126 PHARAON (Florian).

Le Fusil sur l'epaule.

Paris EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 625.00
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    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
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    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
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    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
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    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
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    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
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    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
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