[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