ILLUSTRATIONS

"A Sa Toute-Puissance!"[Frontispiece]
From the painting by Gabriel Metzu, 1664
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Fantaisie culinaire: le poisson prévoyant[iv]
By A. Thierry
Le Cuisinier[xi]
After the engraving by Mariette
FACING PAGE
A Bacchante[3]
From the stipple engraving in colours by Bartolozzi, after Cipriani
Portrait du Gourmand[24]
After Carle Vernet
Le Livre de Taillevent[49]
Facsimile of title-page of the edition of 1545
The Cries of Paris: "Old clothes, old laces!"[69]
Facsimile of an old French plate
First of September[80]
From the engraving after A. Cooper, R.A.
The English Housewife[94]
Facsimile of title-page of the edition of 1675
"Un Viel Amateur"[112]
A. B. L. Grimod de la Reynière, né à Paris le 20 9bre, 1756. Froman old print
Le Premier Devoir d'un Amphitryon[121]
Frontispiece of the fifth year of the "Almanach des Gourmands"
Les Méditations d'un Gourmand[132]
Frontispiece of the fourth year of the "Almanach des Gourmands"
The Chef[145]
From a print after an old Dutch master
The Bird of St. Michael[160]
From the etching by Birket-Foster, R.A.
Promenade Nutritive[175]
Frontispiece of "Le Gastronome Français" (1828)
"Pour voir de bons refrains éclore, Buvons encore!"[186]
Frontispiece of "Le Caveau Moderne" (1807)
Alexandre Dumas[199]
From the etching by Rajon
"L'Art du Cuisinier" (Beauvilliers')[213]
Facsimile of title-page, 1824, Vol. II
Day's Closing Hour[229]
From the etching by Charles Jacque
"First Catch Your Hare!"[248]
From the engraving by J. W. Snow
"Rôti-Cochon"[261]
Facsimile page from volume, 1696
Non in Solo Pane Vivit Homo[280]
From the original oil-painting by Klein
La Contenance de la Table[296]
Facsimile of title-page (early part of sixteenth century)

"Enfant, tu ne dois charger

Tant de la première viande

Se plusieurs en as en commande

Que d'austres ne puisses menger."

Promenade du Gourmand[315]
Frontispiece of "Le Manuel du Gastronome ou Nouvel Almanachdes Gourmands" (1830)
La Table[331]
Frontispiece of the Second Canto of "La Conversation" of theAbbé Délille, 1822
A Supper in the Eighteenth Century[344]
From the engraving after Masquelier
The Spanish Pointer[354]
From the engraving by Woollett, after the painting by Stubbs, 1768
Partridge Shooting. I. La Chasse aux Perdrix[364]
From the coloured print after Howitt, 1807
Partridge Shooting—September[375]
From the coloured engraving by Reeve, after the painting by R. B. Davis, 1836
Truffle-hunting in the Dauphiné[383]
From the Salon picture after Paul Vayson
"Nouvel Manuel Complet du Cuisinier et de la Cuisinière"[397]
Facsimile of frontispiece, 1822
The Wounded Snipe[409]
From the engraving after A. Cooper, R.A.
"Après Bon Vin"[428]
From the engraving by Eisen in the Fermiers-Généreaux editionof the "Contes et Nouvelles" (1762)
Le Pâtissier Français[442]
Facsimile of title-page of the edition of 1655

LE CUISINIER

After the engraving by Mariette

THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE