515 [GASTRONOMY] - BERCHOUX (Joseph). La Gastronomie. Paris. Giguet et Michaud. 1805, in-12, 266 pp. fawn calf, gilt frieze framing the boards, smooth ornate spine, gilt edges (period binding). Fourth, corrected and enlarged edition, illustrated with 4 hors-texte plates, including 1 frontispiece, on fine paper. Berchoux is the inventor of the term Gastronomie, the title of the poem, which entered the French language as a common noun. Upper spine rubbed. Cachet Vte des Plas and cachet with motto "De vray je me rends".