[Beauvilliers, restauranteur, menu]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Porthmann, Jules, 1790-1820, printer.

Andrieu, F., active 1800-1805, papermaker.

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Beauvilliers, A. B. (Antoine B.), 1754-1817.

Restaurants--France--Paris--Menus--19th century--Specimens.

Broadsides--France--Paris--19th century--Specimens.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Menus.

Laid papers. (Paper)

Physical Description:

1 broadside ; 58 x 43 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : De Imprimerie de Porthmann, ... [between 1800-1805]

Summary:

Item is a broadside, printed on white laid paper with black ink. Entire text is within two black borders; menu contents in three columns. Item contains handwritten notes, using iron gall ink, indicating additional menu items and prices.

Contents:

Potages.

Entrées de Bœuf.

Entrées de patisserie.

Entrées de volailles.

Entrées de veau.

Entréesde mouton.

Entrées de poisson.

Rots.

Entremets.

Dessert.

Vins.

Vins de liquers.

Liquers.

Notes:

Title supplied, in part, by cataloger.

Remainder of imprint information: " ... successeur de Desenne, rue neuve des Petits-Champs, no. a3".

Item contains the water mark of "F. Andrieu".

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy has handwritten notation of "Chambres" on verso of broadside. A copy of the menu may have been kept at a local inn for guests staying there to peruse as they decided where they might eat.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

OCLC:

1269000681

Online:

The Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund Home Page