La Gastronomie, Poeme par J. Berchoux, Suivi des Poésies Fugitives de l 'Auteur. Quatrième Èdition, corrigée et Augmentée.

BERCHOUX (J[oseph de])

Published by A Paris Chez Giguet et Michaud. An Xiii, 1805

About this Item

12mo, 140 x 85 mms., pp. 266, engraved frontispiece and three other engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt border on covers, spine richly gitl to a lyre motif, red leather label; front joint slightly rubbed but a very good and attractive copy. Joseph de Berchoux (1760 - 1838) published this poem in 1801, and it was reprinted several times. He was the person who allegedly coined the word "gastronomy." Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson in her article, "A Cultural Field in the Making: Gastronomy in 19th-Century France" in the American Journal of Sociology (1998) describes the poem as "quite dreadful," but the engravings are attractive. The work was translated into English in 1810 and inot Italian in 1838. Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson in her article, "A Cultural Field in the Making: Gastronomy in 19th-Century France" in the American Journal of Sociology (1998) describes the poem as "quite dreadful," but the engravings are attractive. The work was translated into English in 1810 and inot Italian in 1838. Seller Inventory # 10085

Bibliographic Details

Title: La Gastronomie, Poeme par J. Berchoux, Suivi...

Publisher: A Paris Chez Giguet et Michaud. An Xiii

Publication Date: 1805

Binding: Soft cover