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Author/Publisher:  La Varenne, Francois Pierre (TEXT IS ONLY IN FRENCH).
                                 -- A Lyon : Chez Jacques Canier : Rue Confort, Au Chef S. Jean 1680
                                 -- Reprint / Academic Library Services, undated. Modern edition circa 1999

Title: 

Le Cuisinier François ou est Enseigne la Maniere d'Appreter Toute Sorte de Viandes, de Faire Toute Sorte de Patisseries and de Confitures : Reveu and Augmentee d'un Traite de Confitures Seiches and Liquides and Pour Appreter des Festins aux Quatre Saisons de l'Annee : par le Sieur de La Varenne, Ecuyer de Cuisine de Monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles : unzieme edition. 

Approximate English translation of the title: The French Cook or Chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treatise on dry and liquid jams and to prepare feasts in the four seasons of the year: by Mr. de La Varenne, squire of the kitchen of Mr. the Marquis of Uxelles: first or, one-time or 11th edition (not sure which is meant the original publisher).

Subject:   History of quintessential French food and how to prepare and preserve it. French formal cooking, dining and eating.

Nicolas Chalon du Blé, marquis d'Uxelles and Cormatin (24 January 1652 – 10 April 1730) was a French general and Foreign Minister. He was also created a knight and Marshal of France by Louis XIV, and was a diplomat for Louis XIV and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. (Source: Wikipedia)

About the author:  François Pierre de la Varenne, 1615–1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. La Varenne broke with the traditions that had revolutionised medieval and Renaissance French cookery in the 16th century and early 17th century. (Source: Wikipedia)

Publishing details:   466 pages. Paper / Soft cover Direct REPRINT of the original 1680 edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges.  Stated limited edition of 100 copies. 

Condition: Clean and Unmarked Text.  Paperback : soft cover edition in good-plus to very good condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine.  Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title.   A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself or your favorite cook, chef or foodie in your life.  

Clean and Unmarked Text.  Good Plus to Very Good condition.  Text is in FRENCH.

 -- Defects:   General wear, mentioned above, see pictures of actual book.

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