The first 'Food Map'

TOURCATY, Jean Francois.

Carte Gastronomique de la France.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aîné, 1809. Coloured. 365 x 450mm.

Repairs to folds and margins.

A map of France illustrated with vignettes depicting the culinary produce of the regions, including cheeses, wines and brandy. The title is on a biscuit being eaten by a man.
The map was published in Charles Louis Cadet de Gassicourt's 'Cours Gastronomique, ou les diners de Manant-Ville, ouvrage anecdotique, philosophique, et littéraire', and is regarded as the first map that 'summarizes a country not by its cities, mountains, or rivers but by its products' (Ferguson, 2004).

FERGUSON: 'Accounting for Taste: The Triumph of French Cuisine'.
Stock ID : 17565