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Lot 67

The Physiology of Taste.

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[Machen, Albert] Brillat Sevarin (Jean Anthelme). The Physiology of Taste. London: Peter Davies, 1925. Signed. Marbled boards with gilt-stamped vellum spine. Numbered seven out of a limitation of 750 copies. Engraved frontispiece; illustrations by Andrew Johnson. 4to. Rubbing to boards, spine soiled a bit, else very good. Signed and dated on ffep by mystic and horror author Albert Machen, who contributed the introduction, with Machen?s handwritten recipe for ?Myrtle Water? laid in.