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Gastronomia - Leonardi, Francesco

Modern Apicius or The art of the believer, 1807

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€ 80 - 150

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€ 410

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mm 180x118
Rome, in the Giunchi printing house, at Carlo Mordacchini's, 1807. In 8th. 3 vols. vol. I and II of the first edition, vol. III of the second edition consisting of 6 parts. Woodcut frieze on the title pages, some light flowering, light water gora on a few leaves, some leaves with light browning, coeval parchment binding, author, title and tome in gold within a double gusset on the spine, red edges, slight defects.

Specialist Notes

The monumental work printed for the first time in Rome in 1790, attempts to recover a national dimension of Italian cuisine while appreciating the richness of local and regional traditions, attributing them the same dignity as national traditions. The work is aimed at the cooks of the courts and, as a true cosmopolitan, reveals that it is always possible to prepare a princely table by surpassing the French models and inventing new dishes in every European city by adapting the Parisian professional lexicon.