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- Lot 459
Henri LECOURT - Chinese Cuisine. Peking, Albert Nachbaur, 1925. Large in-8, paperback, colour illustrated cover. [18], 141, [4] pp. 2 off-text and some small woodcuts in the text. ORIGINAL EDITION of the most important book on Chinese cuisine written in French by Henri Lecourt, postmaster of the French Concession of T'ien-Tsin (Tianjin) until 1930, who had married a Chinese woman. It should be noted that the first book written in English was not published until 1945. Limited edition of 550 numbered copies, ours does not bear a justification. Ex-dono written in ballpoint pen on the flyleaf. A few faint freckles, faint wetness and mould at the end of the book, small tear without loss of text affecting 1 f.
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