Ryori Monogatari Tales Of Cookery

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First edition

One full-page woodcut. 30 folding leaves. 8vo 192 x 138 mm. , orig. wrappers, manuscript title-slip on upper cover, new stitching. Edo : on final leaf Matsue Ichirōbei 松会市郎兵衛 , “on a good day in July 1664.” First illustrated edition of “the first culinary book in Japan written for an audience other than hōchōnin professional chefs who created meals for the ruling elite .”–Rath, p. 57. The first edition, which was

• Binding: Wrappers

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