The Physiology of Taste -
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, M.F.K. Fisher (translator)
1949 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - No. 1085 of 1500 copies
A wonderful example of the first and definitive issue of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's brilliant translation of Brillat- Savarin's classic work on gastronomy and 'a well balanced expression of one thinking man's attitude towards life'.
Mary Fisher, considered the 'poet of the appetites' by John Updike, and hailed by W. H. Auden as the greatest American prose writer, was renowned, not only as one of the finest writers on gastronomy, but also with a style of her own. A reviewer of a previous work by Fisher said ‘She writes about food the way some people do about love - only better.’ Fisher took more than two years to work on the translation, which was financed by the Limited Editions Club, who pulled out all the stops to present it in this beautiful large leather binding and slipcase.  More Details
Price: HK$ 8,000 |
