BRILLAT-SAVARIN. PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE or transcendental gastronomic meditations; theoretical and historical work on the agenda, dedicated to Parisian gastronomes. Paris, Sautelet, 1826. 2 volumes in-8, long-grained fawn morocco, dishes decorated with gilt rocaille irons placed in a frame of bold, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated lengthwise, inside gilt lace, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, half morocco shirts with small overlaps, cases (Devauchelle). ORIGINAL EDITION, printed at the author's expense and printed in 500 copies only. First state copy with the letter E reversed in the publisher's address. VERY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, washed, of this essential masterpiece of gastronomic literature; it is wide-margined and superbly set in a Devauchelle binding. From Robert Fleury's library (ex-libris). (Vicar, 116).