Sa Majesté la Truffe. Livre d'or de la reine des festins

Bordeaux: Edition de la Truffereine, 1966. Duodecimo in wrappers (18.5 x 13.5 cm.), 192 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts by Maurice Albe, engravings by Marc Dautry, and black & white photographs by Jacques Lagrange. FIRST EDITION, trade issue; there were also 400 copies on Condat paper. A study and celebration of "Le Diamant de la Cuisine", the black truffle. With stories, legends, research, and instruction on the collection and preparation of this delicious delicacy. Descriptions of the terroirs of origin, including Périgord, Dauphine, Provence, Quercy, etc.), and sayings and aphorisms about truffles are present. Internally clean and sound. Near fine, in publisher's orange wrappers.