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Venice, Varisco heirs, 1593. In 4th. Typographic mark on the title page and colophon, 4 full-page woodcut plates in the text, illustrated initials and woodcut ends, two folded plates are missing, restoration of the title page, worn margins on the first cards with small gaps, slight bluing, rare slight blooms, last paper partially detached and with small gaps, coeval parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine, some spots, handwritten notations on the front plate.
Specialist Notes
Rare edition of this manual on the art of meat cutting, with detailed descriptions for each type of meat. Published for the first time in Venice in 1581, Vincenzio Cervio draws inspiration from the experience gained by organizing banquets for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. In the Addition , at the end of the volume, the royal banquet organized for the wedding of the Prince of Mantua in 1581 and the one for the wedding between Philip II of Spain and Elizabeth of Valois are described. & Nbsp;