David, Elizabeth

The Use of Wine in Fine Cooking

London, Saccone & Speed, [ca.1951].
Second-hand softcover

David, Elizabeth. The Use of Wine in Fine Cooking. [FIRST EDITION] Saccone & Speed: London, [ca.1951]. (160x120mm) illust cream stiff wrappers, stapled [2],12 (incl rear wrapper)pp.

DAVID, Elizabeth [née Gwynne (1913-1992)]

The Use of Wine in Fine Cooking.

London : Saccone & Speed Ltd, undated, circa 1951. First and only edition. Printed by McCorquodale & Co.

Octavo (160x120mm) illustrated cream stiff wrappers, stapled [2], 12 (including the wrapper verso)pp. Wrappers faintly soiled, edges faintly agetoned; else crisp, clean and bright. The illustration on the cover is by Grimod de la Reyniere [Alexandre Balthazar Laurent (1758 - 1838)], and is taken from the engraved frontispiece of volume one of his Almanach des Gourmand, Paris, 1804.

¶ Saccone & Speed are venerable London fine wine merchants, known for their sherry, port and other wines. The firm was established in 1908 from the merger of two family firms of wine merchants established in the early part of the nineteenth century. For many years they had outposts in Gibraltar, East Africa and elsewhere in the British Empire. Written on commission, the booklet discusses the role of wine in cooking, and how to flamber, marinate and chose wines before giving nine elegantly written recipes for French dishes using wine and a liqueur. With the permission of Saccone & Speed the content was incorporated into the first edition of David's French Country Cooking published by John Lehmann in 1951.

One of the most scarce of David's publications. A near fine ephemeral item.

§ OCLC records only three holdings, all in the UK: BL, NLS and Oxford Brookes.

Item #11153

Price: $350.00 AUD

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