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‎Physiologie du gout, ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante, ouvrage théorique, historique et à l'ordre du jour, dédié aux gastronomes Parisiens,par un professeur membre de plusieurs sociétés littéraires et savantes.TOME 1 seul - Edition originale‎

‎ 1826 Paris, Auguste Sautelet et Cie. 1826 [1825]. 1 volume broché,titre manquant,dos en partie conservé daté 1826 permettant l'identification,2e couverture conservée. [1], XIV, [1], 6-390 pp.,conforme avec les manques signalés à l'exemplaire numérisé Gallica.-Edition originale rare et très recherchée. Cette première édition, anonyme, a été imprimée aux frais de l'auteur à 500 exemplaires seulement, et mise dans le commerce dès décembre 1825. Brillat-Savarin n'a pas joui du succès de son livre, car il est mort.‎

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‎Very rare first issue of the first edition of the most influential work on cultured eating ever published; only 500 copies were printed. In this first issue the "e" of printer's address is printed horizontally. This is the only edition that was published while the author was still alive. The fame of the book was cause for countless re-issues, editions and translations. The author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) delivers his reflections on the culture of eating and gastronomy in a style that can be described as witty, refined and tasteful. It struck a chord with its contemporary readers and still does today, judging from the proverbs that were coined by Brillat-Savarin and remain in use: "The destiny of nations depends on the manner in which they feed themselves"; "A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye" and many others. It is indeed a great French classic. Carteret I, p. 146-147; Crahan 4gr; Heirs of Hippocrates 702; Vicaire 120; Bitting (later eds.); Osler (later eds.). ‎