[Gastronomy] Lecourt, Henri. La Cuisine Chinoise

Pékin [Beijing], A. Nachbaur, printed by Na-Che-Pao, 1925. [XVIII), 141, [1] p. Contemp. cloth, the orig. col. dec. wrappers mounted on front and back. Title in French on front cover, in Chinese on back cover. One of 40 deluxe copies on "papier Honan" of an edition of 550, this copy unnumbered. With the uncorrected pagination errors. Sl. waterst. and soiled throughout, but an overall acceptable/fairly good copy.

Rare first edition of the first book in a European language on Chinese gastronomy, written by French master chef Lecourt, who was married to a Chinese chef with whom he conducted the research for this pioneering work. Lecourt was also 'head of the French post at Tianjin' and was decorated for his services in China.