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Gastronomia - Chacon, Pedro

De triclinium, sive de Modo convivandi apud priscos Romanos, et de conviviorum apparatu, 1758

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€ 250 - 350

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€ 333

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Leipzig, Jo.M.L. Teubner, 1758. In 12th. Engraved front door, 21 engraved plates, 4 of which folded, Latin text, small gap in the white outer edge of the front door, light browning, slight blooms, coeval half parchment binding with title and author within a green patch on the smooth spine, marbled cuts . Signature and stamp of belonging to the title page. § Together in the lot Messisbugo, Cristoforo da , Our banquet book, in which 'teaches how to set tables, & amp; decorate rooms for every prince. Et make of every fate of viuanda, Venice, Ghirardo Imberti, 1621. In 8 °. Typographic mark on the title page, initials and woodcut friezes, guard paper with handwritten notations, the first issue removed, the second and last issues loose, light browning, some halo, hardcover binding with missing front plate and gaps in the spine, defects.




Specialist Notes

Famous work on the culinary habits of the Romans, including the art of eating lying down, description of banquets and the benefits of bathing in wine.