Fine bouche : a history of the restaurant in France. / Translated from the French by Arthur L. Hayward, with decorations by B. Biro
1956, 1st edition. London : Cassell. Signed by the author, and inscribed to Max Reinhardt. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. The cloth's colour is quite faded, as is usual for this book. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #440979
Physical description: ix, 274 pages illustrations 23 cm. Contents: Old-Time Cooks and Caterers -- The Earliest Restaurants -- Restaurants in the Eighteenth Century: Palais Royal -- Restaurants in the Eighteenth Century: On the Boulevards -- Restaurants in the Nineteenth Century: On the Left Bank -- Restaurants in the Nineteenth Century: Here and There in Paris -- Restaurants in the Nineteenth Century: In the Provinces -- Twentieth-Century Restaurants -- Abroad in Paris -- Here, There and Everywhere -- Between Two Wars -- Five Famous Restaurants: La Tour d'Argent, Prunier's, Laperouse, Le Cabaret, Maxim's -- Dupont and Others -- Houses Big and Little -- Round about France -- Epilogue. Subject: Restaurants France History.
Price: €85.00