Le Cuisinier Imperial, Ou L'Art De Faire La Cuisine Et La Patisserie Pour Toutes Les Fortunes : Avec la maniere de servir une Table depuis vingt jusqu'a soixante Couverts

Alexandre Viard

Paris Barba, 1807.

Octavo. [3] 448 p. Second edition. Modern red cloth backed contemporary boards. Internally very good, occasional spotting. Lacking last pages of ads in rear.

Viard is credited with being chef de cuisine to Louis XVI and to Napoleon. His Le Cuisinier Imperial, first printed in 1806, it was the essential reference work for the French professional chef during the nineteenth century. Vicaire 861; Bitting 478; Horn 614; Malortie p. 440