THIEBAUD, Wayne / Brillat-Savarin The Physiology of Taste. The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the French by M.F.K. Fisher. 355, [1] pp. Illustrated with 9 original lithographs, and reproductions of over 200 drawings by Thiebaud. Folio, 350 x 260 mm, bound in the publisher's light blue illustrated cloth. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1994.Wayne Thiebaud executed nine original, full-page coloured lithographs, most of them incorporating imagery of his familiar subjects, such as coloured pastries in rows, extravagant desserts, and wine glasses, for this wonderful artist book. The Arion Press further illustrated Brillat-Savarin's gastronomical classic with reproductions of 200 Thiebaud drawings, touching on the chefs, diners, servers, hunters, farmers and merchants of meat and vegetables for the table, in fact all of the little details that inform Brillat-Savarins remarkable book. A perfect copy of the most important text on French haute cuisine, illustrated by one of America's leading contemporary artists. The Physiology of Taste first published in Paris in 1825 is a philosophical rumination on the pleasures of the table, as well as a practical guide to food and drink. It has become a classic culinary text on both sides of the Atlantic in the almost two hundred years since it was issued. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) aside from being an author and renowned gastronome, was, among other things, a magistrate, a mayor, a violinist and a judge.It is recorded that M. F. K. Fisher, one of America's great food writers, found her voice while translating Brillat-Savarin in 1948, with The Physiology of Taste becoming a model for her own articles and books. For this edition, Andrew Hoyem combined Fisher's translation with Thiebaud's coloured lithographs of food, images that are representative of his best-known subject matter from both his paintings and works on paper. The marriage of Brillat-Savarin's classic text and the colourful images of Thiebaud are brilliantly realized and have created one of the most sought-after of all the Arion Press books. One of an edition of 200 copies, signed by the artist Thiebaud. Arion Press Check List 44. Item nr. 157738 - See more at: http://www.ursusbooks.com/pages/books/157738/wayne-thiebaud-brillat-savarin/the-physiology-of-taste#sthash.74SRSZHR.dpuf

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