[Rarebooks] FS: Art of Dinner Giving in 1880

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Carroll, George D. "THE ART OF DINNER GIVING AND USAGES OF POLITE SOCIETY"
 New York; Dempsey & Carroll: 1880. A fascinating collection of dinner
menus from the 1870s. Carroll was partner in the stationery company that
designed and printed these menus, so he was compiling this volume to
promote his own work, but what we are left with is a complete picture of
fine dinners given at restaurants and private clubs in New York at the
height of the Victorian era through 50 actual menus. There is also an
introductory text detailing (quickly) the history of dinner-giving. A
wonderful snapshot of fine Victorian dining. Scarce. Hardcover. 7"x9.5",
128 pages, engraved frontispiece. Some decorations, red & black decorated
covers. Front cover with light soil, a few spots, light wear. Rear cover
with moderate soil, small hole in the spine. Contents with some light,
sporadic marginal stains, endpapers lightly spotted, light soil.
Frontispiece tissue guard torn. [31464] $375.00


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