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2 vols., Limited de Luxe edition, no. 251 of 1000 copies. No date but circa 1910 Grey publisher s cloth with paper labels and deckled edges. Vol. I coloured frontispiece and 3 illustrations in black and white, all with tissue guards, 324pp. Vol.II. black and white frontispiece and 5 illustrations, gilt decorated title pages to both volumes 309pp. Popular anecdotal style on such topics as (Vol.I) The Legend of Amphitryon, Diet and Digestion, Water, Breakfast, The Old Coffee Houses, the French Cafes, the Ancient Cook and His Art, The Tables of Utopia and the Golden Age, Sauces, Table Traits of England in Early Times etc. ; (Vol. II) Wine and Water, The Making and Marring of Wine, Imperial Drinkers and Incidents in Germany, The Table of the Ancient and Modern Egyptians, The Diet of Saints, The Caesars at table, English Kings at their Strange Banquets, Authors and their Dietetics, Supper etc. Slight shelf wear to tops and tails of spines, small stain on spine of Vol. 1 and slight stain on page 1., otherwise good condition. Seller Inventory # A00107
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