ALMANAC OF GOURMANDS Gastronomic archives, recipes, seasonal menus, diner's guide, advice for stomachs, table dialogues, aperitif varieties, poetry, etc. 1862. Paris, Eugène Pick, de l'Isère, Éditeur. Texts by Charles Monselet with the assistance of Léon Gozlan, Fernand Desnoyers, Antoine Gandon, Armand Barthet, Édouard Fournier, Bernard Lopez, Pierre Véron, Amédée Rolland, Jules de Goncourt, Achille Arnaud, Charles Jobey, Charles Coligny, Vicomte Louis de Dax, L. William Hughes, V. Michal, Armand Lebailly, Léon Gouas, Amédée Hardy, Albert de La Salle, Joseph de Filippi, etc. This Almanac is followed by : THE DOUBLE ALMANAC GOURMAND, THE TRIPLE ALMANAC GOURMAND, then THE GOURMAND ALMANAC By Charles Monselet with the assistance of a host of literary and gastronomic luminaries 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1870. Paris, Librairie du Petit Journal, then Librairie Pagnerre. Texts by Charles Monselet, Eugène Chavette, Charles Coligny, Alfred Delvau, Fernand Desnoyers, Alexandre Dumas, Emmanuel des Essarts, Ernest d'Hervilly, Nestor Roqueplan, etc. Complete collection. 1 vol. in-16 bound (1862) and 5 vol. in-12 bound. Some spotting. Small loss at the top of the cover of the 1866 Almanac. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (6 ff.). The 1862 volume is very rare.