DALI, Salvador. Gala Dinners. - Lot 162

DALI, Salvador. Gala Dinners. The Spanish master’s surrealist gastronomy, in its first edition. Paris, Draeger, 1973. Quarto-sized, illustrated publisher’s hardcover, with an illustrated dust jacket. 322 pages, numerous black-and-white and color reproductions within and outside the text. Minor scuffs; dust jacket frayed at the top. First edition of this “enchanting” cookbook published by Draeger, building on the success of its 1968 book *Dali*, in collaboration with Max Gérard. The book features 136 recipes—some of which are aphrodisiacs—organized into 12 chapters and accompanied by original illustrations and collages. Included: - GERARD, Max. Dali... Dali... Dali. Cologne, Dumont, 1976, in-4, paperback, illustrated cover (slight scuffing), unpaginated, in German.