Two 'Loaf-Givers' : Or a Tour through the Gastronomic Libraries of Katherine Golden Bitting and Elizabeth Robins Pennell.

Beck, L.N.

Published by Library of Congress, Washington, first edition, 1984, 1984

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Cloth, gilt cover-title, orange cover illustration, pictorial endpapers,4to, 24 cm, 223 pp, ills, facs, 1 map. From the preface: "Though the Bitting and Pennell Collections contain American cookbooks, German and Italian cookbooks later than those discussed here, and other lesser concentrations, their greatest strengths are addressed in this book. Mr. Beck has not so much tried to provide a complete coverage of these collections as to write a history of gastronomy occasioned by a close look at these rich resources." Contents: Foreword by Lester G. Crocker; Preface by William Matheson ; Introduction; 1: Praise Is Due Bartolomeo Platina; 2: The Renaissance Discovery of the "Inner Man"; 3: English Cookery Books; 4: La France a table; 5: La Cuisine moderne; Notes, A presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title-page for Alan Davidson [Alan Eaton Davidson, 1924 - 2 December 2003, author of several works on food and gastronomy - his cookery library was sold at Bloomsbury Auctions in 2011].

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• Title: Two 'Loaf-Givers' : Or a Tour through the Gastronomic Libraries of Katherine Golden Bitting and Elizabeth Robins Pennell.
• Publisher: Library of Congress, Washington, first edition, 1984
• Publication Date: 1984
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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