Amazon.com: The Talisman Italian Cookbook: Italy's bestselling cookbook adapted for American kitchens.: Books: Ada Boni
Read the review of the book ...
I have an early copy of the book, and while the review notes the Il Talismano was published in, I believe, 1950, that's not quite the case. The original,
Talismano della Felicita, was published in the late 1920s.
I have the 1950 "
Ronzoni" edition - I can assure you, this is a very fine Italian cookbook.
For French cooking, look for
When French Women Cook by Madeline Kamann (I think I've spelled her name correctly) and
The Cooking of Southwest France by Paula Wolfert.
Also, look for the out of print Time-Life series of books on French and Italian cooking. They have pictures.
Shel