Le Cuisinier Moderne, qui apprend a donner toutes sortes de Repas, en Gras et en Maigre, d'une Maniere plus delicate que ce qui en a ete ecrit jusqu'a present, vol.1 & 2 only (of 4), first edition in French , titles in red and black, 5 folding engraved plates, 2 folding letter-press tables of dinner courses, both vol. damp-stained at foot to varying degrees, contemporary calf, gilt spines in compartments, vol.1 spine label detached and loosely inserted in vol., vol. upper joint starting, both vol. rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting 268; Simon, BG, 933; cf. Cagle 1086], 8vo, The Hague, Antoine de Groot, 1736-1735. 'One of the most reliable of reference books dealing with the knowledge of cookery and the pleasure of the table during the eighteenth century' (Simon).