SC - Old Cookery Texts: Bancroft Library (Long)
Elise Fleming
alysk at ix.netcom.com
Sat Jul 10 10:58:36 PDT 1999
While in San Francisco, I found this book in a used book store. Some
of the books listed below are “old friends”, having been put into the
popular press, so to speak. But others were works I had never heard
of. In general, I have only copied the information on books within the
SCA period, but I did include #1 because of our relatively recent
discussion of cat as food. Because of the limitations of my computer,
I have not included the umlaut on German words, but would be glad to
inform anyone where they are. Also, if anyone is interested, I would
be glad to list the full name of the references that are only given by
abbreviations.
Questions: Do libraries such as the Bancroft copy these materials for
dissemination? Do they web any of them?
Alys Katharine
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_One Hundred Sixteen Uncommon Books on Food & Drink_, From the
Distinguished Collection on Gastronomy of Marcus Crahan, published at
Berkeley by The Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1975.
1. Altamiras, Juan. Nuevo arte de Cocina, Sacado de la Escuela de la
Experiencia Economica, Madrid, Joseph Garcia Lanza, 1756. No copy
cited by any gastronomic bibliographer. “The author stresses great
cleanliness on the part of the cook, and writes that giving stew meat
is cheating the master, like serving cat instead of hare.”
4. Apicius. Appicius Culinarius. Mediolani, Guilermus le Signerre,
1498...
5. Argote de Molina. Gonzalo (1549-1596?). Libro, de la Monteria, que
Mando Escrivir el Muiy Alto y Muy Poderoso Ray Don Alonso de Castilla,
y de Leon, Vltimo Desde Nombre. Acrecentado por Gonzalo Argote de
Molina. Sevilla, Andrea Pescioni, 1532. (Small folio, 6, 25 (i.e. 23)
(1), 91 f., much misnumbered. Ex Libris William Stirling-Maxwell;
Thomas W. Streeter copy. “There are thirty-seven plates (some used
more than once). Many hunting sports are included, such as lion and
tiger hunting, ostrich huntin in Peru, pig-sticking and bullfighting in
the ampitheater. Schewerd, page 44 and plate 97, describes this book
about hunting as ‘the earliest Spanish treatise on the subject,’ and
the edition as the first recorded. He agrees with Gutierrez de la Vega
(Bibioteca Venatoria) in attributing the work to King Alfonso XI.”
6. Arnaldus de Villanova (d. 1313?). Hie nach Volget ein Loblich
Tractat eins Furneemen Doctors der Ertzney mitt namen Arnoldi de Nova
Villa der ein Kunigs vo Frankrich Gewesen ist. Diser Tractat Haltet
inn von Bereitung vn Bruchung der Wein zu Gesuntheit der Menschen.
Wellisches Buchlin der Wilham vo Hirnkofen...von Latin zu Teutsch
Transferiet...Strassburg, Martin Schott, 1484. (Small folio, (11) f.,
lacks initial blank, bound in new limp vellum. Hain 1809; GKW 9 copies
only; BMC I: no copy in America; Goff A-1082, College of Physicians of
Philadelphia. Ex Libris Harry Schraemli. “The subjects treated
include wine making and the therapeutic use of wine.”
8. Athenaeus, of Naucratis (fl. Third Century). Athenaevs
(Deipnosophistou. Libri XV. “Banquet des Savants.”) (In Greek
characters) (Venetiis, Apvd Aldum, et Andream Socervm, 1514). Large
folio, 38, (2), 294 (2)p., contemporary vellum binding enclosed in a
chamois lined chemise, itself encased in a half Niger, chamois lined
folding case. Panzer VIII, 421, no. 689; Renouard, 1834, p. 67-68.
Proctor 12837. “The Marcus Musurus version from the parchement
manuscript (A), brought by Aurispa from Constantinople in 1423. That
manuscript is now lost. The book is a symposium held by 21 artists,
writers, musicians and surgeons, disculling all things which, according
to Greek custom, shoule adorn a banquet. The names of the most famous
gastronomists and of the most celebrated cooks are recorded. The
virtues and qualities of wines are the subjects of long discourses.
Table ornament and decoration are also treated.”
9. Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint, Bishop of Hippo (354-430). Incipit
Liber Sancti Augustini de Anima et Spiritv...De Ebrietate...De Vanitate
Saeculi...De Vita Christiana...Ad Virgines de Ebrietate et de
Sobrietate... (Lauingen, Typographus Augustini de Consensu
Evangelistarum, 1472). 4*, (148) p., vellum binding, in a red Niger
solander case by Marcus Crahan. Goff A-1224, 8 copies, this being the
eighth. The BM and Huntington copies are defective. “The first of two
books by an unknown printer in Bavaria, the second consisting of two
leaves. The two tracts on sobriety and drunkenness are interesting for
the study of ancient medicine. The designation of the author as
Augustine of Hippo is generally questioned.”
10. Averroes (1126-1198). Collectaneorvm de re Medica...Sectiones
tres. I. De Sanitatis Functionibus, et Aristot. & Galeno. II. De
Sanitate Tuenda, ex Galeno. III. De Curandis Morbis. Lugdvni, Seb.
Gryphivm, 1537. 4*, (72) f. vellum binding. Wellcome I. 568 (lacks
last leaf), not in Osler, Cushing or Waller. “The first edition of
three medical treatises by the great medieval philosopher, the last of
the great Arab physicians. The translator and editor of the present
volume, Jean Baptiste Bruyerin, a nephey of Symphorien Champier, was
physician to Henri II of France.”
11. Bacci, Andrea (d. 1600). De Natvrali Vinorvm Historia. De Vinis
Italiae, et de Conuiuijs Antiquorum. Libri Septem... Romae, Nicholai
Mutis, 1596. Folio, (26), 370, (1) p., vellum binding. “This is the
very rare first issue unknown to all bibliographers excepting De Bure
(Bibliotheque Instructive). The author was physician to Pope Sixtus V,
and Professor of Medicine at Rome.
15. Bavaria. Bairische Lanndtsordnung. 1553. Ingolstadt (A.
Weissenhorn) 1553. Folio, 197 f., (39) p., 19th century boards.
STC-German 71; SBG 164, who notes “how to deal with the habitual
drunkard.” “The engraved title depicts Albrecht V of Bavaria
surrounded by courtiers. There are woodcut crests to each subheading,
six double page woodcuts of fish representing the legal size of various
fish that may be caught, handsome initial letters, text in red and
black throughout, and a two page holographic extract at the end in an
early hand. This constitutes an all-encompassing list of regulations
for beer, brandy, woodmen, hunters, fishermen and all craftsmen, with a
register for each part. It is the masterwork of the Weissenhorn
Office.”
17. Belon, Pierre (1517?-1564). La Nature and Diuersite’ des
Poissons, auec leurs Pourtraicts, Representez au Plus Pres du
Naturel... Paris, Charles Estienne, 1555. Oblong 8*, (37) 448 p.,
vellum binding. Ex Libris William Beebe. “This is the first French
edition of a work first published in Latin, in Paris, two years
earlier. Belon is looked upon as the founder of modern ichthyology,
and as one of the first workers in the science of comparative anatomy.
The work contains 189 woodcuts.”
18. Berners, Juliana, Dame (b. 1338?) supposed author. A Treatyse of
Fysshynge wyth an Angle by Dame Juliana Berners: Being a Facsimile
Reproduction of the first book on the Subject of Fishing Printed in
England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496. With an
Introductory by Rev. M. G. Watkins, M.A. London, Elliot Stock, 1880.
Folio, xiv p., facsimile (23) p., printed on vellum, bound in dark
green levant morocco, with blind tooling in the panels, floral and
other tools, on sides, t.e.g. Bookplate of the Earl of Derby; from
Knowsley Hall. “There is said to be only one copy on record of the
original of this book, whose contents were freely sampled by Walton,
Burton and others who followed the authoress’ philosophy of the
gentility of the angler, and of the moral as well as the physical
benefits of fishing.”
24. Brunschwyg, Hieronymus (ca. 1450-ca. 1512). Medicinarius. Das
Buch der Gesundheit. Liber de Arte Distillandi Simplicia et Composita.
Das nuv Buch d’Rechte Kunst zu Distilliere. Ouch vo Marsilio Ficino
vn anderer Hochberopmter (sic) Artzee naturlich vn gute Kunste zu
behalte den gesunde Leib vnd zu Vertryben die Kranckheit mit Erlengerug
des Lebens...(Strassburg, Johanne Grueninger, 1505). Large 8*, 130 f.,
blind stamped vellum over oaken boards. “The text of this first
edition is rubricated throughout, and there are some decorated letters.
There are 256 plates of stills, herbs, and other plants and objects,
many hand colored. Bound in before the text are four leaves in
manuscript; at the end there are 94 manuscript folios, dated 1604, with
6 folios following, in another hand. (The text, in medieval German,
has not been translated, but it has been suggested that this manuscript
may be more valuable than the book itself.) Inserted loosely is a 10
page index of plant names for Brunschwyg’s Liber de Arte Destillande
(1500), in recent script.”
25. Bussato, Marco. Giardino di Agricoltvra di Marco Bvssato da
Ravenna...Venice, Appresso Giouanni Fiorina, 1592. 4*, (8) p., 53 f.,
(3) p., bound in half vellum, marbled sides. Brunet I, 1419; SBB II,
117 cites the third edition of 1599; L 76 cites the edition of Venice,
1612. Not in B, Ma., Schr. or Westb. “This first edition has 20 large
woodcuts, engraved chapter headings and initial letters, and a calendar
of months, each with an engraved scene appropriate to the seasons. A
beautiful book of vines and fruit trees, and evidently quite rare.”
26. Butler, Charles (1560-1647). The Feminine Monarchie: or the
Historie of Bees....London, Iohn Haviland for Roger Iackson, 1623. 4*,
(190) p., 3/4 morocco, marbled sides, top edges gilt. STC 4193, two
copies only, Library of Congress and Harvard. None in England, more
rare than the first edition of 1609. Ex Libris Sir John Stainer, with
a note in his hand. “The frontispiece bee-hive is not unlike
Christopher Wren’s transparent hive. There are twelve text figures, a
sound review of the history and management of bees, with recipes of
waxes, salves, mead, metheglin and hyssop, but most important is ‘The
Madrigal of the Bees,’ set to triple-time music on four pages to be
read from above and below. This second edition is the first printing
to show the musical scores. With the third edition the author, who was
a philogist, adopted phonetic spelling.”
28. Castellano, Petro. Preophagi’a (In Greek characters) Sive de Esv
Carnium, Libri IV....Antverpiae, Hieronymi Verdvssii, 1626. 8*, (8),
296 p., contemporary vellum binding. V 153. Not in B, Ma., Pen. or
SBG. “The first edition of a curious learned work on the history of
all animals and birds that have served man for food.”
35. Colerl, Johann (d. 1639). Calendarium Perpetuum, et Libri
Oeconomici:...unnd netige Hausbucher, vor die Hauswirt/ Acker leut/
Apotecker/ Kauffleute/ Wandersleute/ Weinhern/ Garnter/ den gemeinin
Handwercksleuten/ unnd all den jenigen/... Wittenberg, Paul Helwig,
1592-1600. 4*, (92) f., (4) f., 207 p., (156) f., (118)f., original
blind and gold stamped panelled calf, with two brass clasps intact,
over wooden boards, arms stamped into both covers, I.H.A.S. (achsen?)
Graesse II 213 who has not seen the book. Otherwise completely
unrecorded. “Each title is in red and black, each has large vignette
arming scene in two colors, and the calendars are also in two colors.
Each text page is bordered in type ornaments with woodcut initials and
tail-pieces. A woodcut shows the lunar cycle. The second part is said
to be the first work on household and farm management. Part three
discusses the vine, fruits, vegetablels and cookery. Part four treats
of agriculture. The first edition.”
41. Corti, Matteo (1475-1542). Matthaei Cvrtii Papiensis de Prandii
ac Caenae Modo Libellus. Romae, Apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F., 1562.
4*, (4) p., (1) f., 90 p., full green morocco, blind and gilt stamped,
with the Aldine Device deeply stamped into both covers, inner
dentelles, bound by R. Storr of Grantham. Gr II 310; STC Italian 207;
V 240; B 111 (1566 only). Ex Libris Syston Park Library; Ex Libris Sir
John Hayford Thorold; Ex Libris Henry J. B. Clements. “This is the
first edition of this work on dietitics, published posthumously by the
author’s son Raphael Corti, and dedicated to Carl Borromeo, Pope Pius
IV. The author was physician to Pope Clement VII, and to Cosimo I,
Grand Duke of Tuscany. The title and last leaf have a red, blue and
gold Cardinals Arms. The first edition is rare: the National Library
of Medicine has only the second, octavo edition (Rome, 1566).”
42. Crescenzi, Pietro de (1230?-1320?). Ruralium Commodorum.
(Augsburg) Iohanne Schussler, “Circit” 14 Marcias 1471. Folio, (211)
f., blind stamped red vellum over oak boards, brass corners, bosses,
clasps, one missing. Goff C-965; Simon BB I-32 dates his (this) copy,
as does Goff, “circiter 16 ferier 1471.” evidently copying another
collation, since the colophon in this copy reads “circit” 14 Marcias
1471. Ex Libris A. L. Simon. “Initial leaf, recto, illuminated in
red, green, purple, gold and silver with an Italian coat of arms on
outer margin. Text is rubricated in red, blue and green throughout.
Edition Princips of the first printed book on agriculture and
economics.”
43. Culpeper, Nicholas (1616-1654). Culpeper’s Last Legacy: Left and
Bequeathed to his Dearest Wife, for the Publicke Good, Being the
Choices and Most Profitable of those Secrets which while he Lived wre
Lockt up in his Breast, and Resolved Never to be Publisht till after
his Death....Never Publisht before in any of his other Works. By
Nicholas Culpeper, late Student in Astrology and Physick. (London) N.
Brooke, 1655. 8*, various pagings, contemporary calf rebacked in a
solander case by Marcus Crahan. Win C 7523 two copies only, BM and
Yale. “This first edition includes a frontispiece portrait. The text
is divided into three parts, with three titles and separate
paginations. The advice covers many subjects: for a corn on the toe,
‘Take a black snail and roast him well in a white cloth, bruise him and
lay him hot to the Corn, and it will take it away in a very short
time.’”
46. Dodoens, Rembert (1517-1585). Historia Vitis Vinique: Et Stirpivm
Nonnvllarum Aliarum. Item Medicianlium Obseruationum
Exempla....Colonae, Apud Maternum Cholinum, 1580. 8*, (16), 169, (6)
p. Gr. II 416, only edition; SBB II 197; STC German 250; V 284. Not in
B, L, Ma., Rothamsted or Westb. Ex Libris A. L. Simon. “This work on
wine includes a long list of authorities, and a history and
consecration of the vine, wine and eau de vie. It is extremely rare.”
52. Elyot, Sir Thomas (1490?-1546). The Casell of Helth Corrected and
in Some Places Augmented by the first Author therof, Sir Thomas Elyot
Knight, the yere of our Lorde 1541. (London, Thomoas Berthelet) 1541.
Small 8*, (7) 90f. (f. 74 is misnumbered 68 and the error continues to
the end, making a total of 97 + 7f.) eighteenth century calf in Niger
case by Marcus Crahan. Oxford 3 1539; SBB II 205 1539 second edition;
STC 7645, Q only, cites 15 editions from 1539 to 1610. Not in B,
Bish., L, Schr., V., or Westb. “The tital has an engraved border with
column and arch, dated 1534. The author, a diplomat, is said to have
incurred the wrath of physicians for writing this wrok on the physical
effects of various articles of diet, which was out of his field. His
book called _The Governour_ gained him an appointment as ambassador to
Charles V.”
53. Epulario, E Recettario, E Secreti Diuersi, E Mascalcia. Folio,
(382) f., various pagings, bound in contemporary boards. “A manuscript
collection of cookery, medicine, instructions for dyeing, perfumes,
varnishes, beautifying preparations, chemical procedures, etc., written
in a clear hand by an Italian scribe in the earliest years of the
seventeenth century. Bound at the end are two large broadsides:
‘Diuerse Infermita, che possono Venire alle Bestie Bouine...di Gio.
Battista Ferrari Cavallerizzo Napolitano,’ Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi,
(ca. 1610), an engraing of an ox; and ‘Diuerse imfermit, che patiscono
I Caualli, con li suoi rimedij infallibili, e prouati,’ Bologna,
Gioseffo Longhi, (ca. 1610), an engraving of a horse. Loosely inserted
in the volume are three menus of banguest, two given to an English
Ambassador in 1612 (?). An extraordinary manuscript, undoubtedly
composed by the maitre d’hotel of a great Italian household. On the
verso of the title ‘La Mascalcia Toscana’ is inscribed ‘Della Libreria
di Gualterotto Guicciardini.’”
55. Fioravanti, Leonardo (d. 1588). Dello Specchio de Scientia
Vniversale, ...Libri Tre.... Venetia, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1564. 8*,
(12), 313, (1) f. 18th century vellum. STC Italian 252; V 365; Westb.
103; Gr. II 581 cites 1567 edition; SBB II 262 cites 1572; SBG 674
cites other title. Not in B or L. “The first edition of a general
work on arts and sciences, including art, architecture, cosmography,
geometry, medicine, perfumery, alchemy, law, distillation, aromatics,
agriculture, cookery and philosophy.”
58. (Galenus, Caludius, Pseud. Galen’s Calendar on Meus and Drynkys.
England, ca. 1420.) 18x13 cm., 6 f. illuminated manuscript on vellum,
20 lines to the page, vellum binding, solander case by Marcus Crahan.
“The names of the months are rubricated, with gold illuminated capitals
and foliated borders. The three leaves of Galen’s Calendar on Metys
and Drynkys have been disbound and removed thogether with their cognate
leaves; with three illuminated manuscript pages in Latin. The Galen is
in Transition Middle English in humanist script retaining the
transition Middle English symbols.”
“A litteratim transcription of the beginning reads as follows:
‘Affter the furste prime afftyr the pyphyam rekyn x days affter and
the sonday nexte folewying schal all be closyd...’
The Calendar continues with advice on such subjects as the dangers
of blood-letting, the values of wines at times of fasting, the choice
of figs and raisins in March. In June one should eat ‘sawgw and
letuse;’ in July keep from ‘leccheri;’ in September eat all ripe fruit;
in Octover use most ‘newe wyne.’ In October blood may be let save on
the first and fifteenth days, which are perilous.”
67. Hollyngus, Edmunds (1556?-1612). De Salvbri Stvdiosorvm Victv,
hoc est: De Literaturvm Omnivm Valetvdine Conseruanda, vitaq;
diutissime` producenda, libellus.... Ingolstadiii, Typis Ederianis, per
Andream Angermarium, 1602. 8*, (14), 145 p., contemporary vellum. V
446 (wrong collation); Wellcome Cat. I 3285. Not in B; Cushing; Gr.;
L; Osler; Schr.; SBB; Waller; Westb. “Hollings, an English physician
born in Yorkshire, received his B.S. at Oxford. Renouncing
Protestantism, he withdrew to Rome and finally settled at Ingolstadt,
where he was appointed Professor of Medicine. The section of this work
on food and drink includes quotes of Abernathy on English beer.”
79. Missisbugo, Christoforo Di. Banchetti Compositioni di Viviande,
et Apparecchio Generale, di Christoforo Di Missisbvgo, Allo
Illvstrissimo et Reverendissimo Signor il Signor Don Hippolito Da Este,
Cardinale de Ferrara. Con gratia et Priuilegio. Ferrara, Giovanni De
Buglhat et Antonio Hucher Compagni, 1549. 4*, (8), 71, (8) f., vellum
binding. B 322, 1559 only; Ma. 1549, but with the title and two other
leaves missing; SBG 1048, 1549; Schr. 349, 1549; STC Italian 436, 1549;
V 596 cites 1549 with the wrong collation; Westb. 348, 1549. Ex Libris
Joseph D. Vehling, noted bibiliograher of Apicius, with his three
labels. “Illustrated with a large engraved portrait of Hippolito
d’Este, Cardinal of Ferrara, and two magnificent full-page woodcuts, a
banquetting scene, and interior of a kitchen. Printed in an elegant
Italic type, this work is typographically as beautiful as it is rare.”
“It contains valuable accounts of the banquets, balls, receptions
and fetes given at the Court at the time of Renee of Ferrara, daughter
of Louis XII of France, sister of the wife of Francis I, wife of
Hercules II d’Este. The handsome woodcuts are by Antonio Hucher who
worked with the printer, engraver and priest of the diocese of
Clermont, Giovanni di Bulghat.”
“This is probably the most important renaissance cookery book for
the history of manners and customs and food items of the period.”
83. Muffett, Thomas (1553-1604). Health Improvement: or, Rules
Comprizing and Discovering the Nature, Method, and Manner of Preparing
all sorts of Food used in this Nation. Written by that ever Famous
Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: Corrected and Enlarged by
Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and Fellow of the Colledg (sic)
of Physitians in London. London, Tho. Newcomb for Samuel Thomson,
1655. 4*, 296 p., mottled calf, elaborate gilt border, red gilt label
on spine. B 327; Oxf. 27; Pen. 133; SBG 1063; Schr. 361; V 613; Westb.
C. 360; Wing M 2382. Not in L or Ma. “The author, a prominent London
physician and father of ‘Little Miss Muffet,’ compiled this essay on
foods and the manner of eating in about 1595. He intended to
supplement it with a similar work on ‘drinks’ (page 221). He became
the MP for Wilton in 1597. Facing the title page is the Imprimatur
leaf of the President and Censors of the College of Physicians.”
87. Nun~ez de Coria, Francisco. T.S.D.Aviso de Sanidad que Trata de
Todos los Generos de Alimentos, y del Regimento de la Sanidad,
Coprouado por los mas Insignes y Graues Doctores.... Madrid, Pierres
Cuisin, 1572. 8*, (18) 320 f., bound in later vellum. Palau 197378; V
632, 1586 edition. Not in B, L, Ma., Pen., Schr., Simon, Waller,
Welcome or Westb. Ex Libris A Conovas del Castillo. “This is a highly
interesting and uncommon work on food, its properties and qualities, by
a 16th century Spanish physician. There is a long chapter on wines,
followed by a treatise on women, dealing mainly with sex life. Except
for Palau, this first edition is wholly unrecorded.”
92. Plat, Sir Hugh (1552-1611?). The Jewell House of Art and Nature.
Conteining diuers rare and profitable Inuentions, togehter with sundry
new experimentes in the Art of Husbandry, Distillation, and Moulding.
Faithfully and familiarly set downe, according to the Authors owne
experience, by Hugh Platte, of Lincolnes Inne Gentleman. London, Peter
Short, 1594. 4*, various pagings, contemporary calf binding, restored.
Huntington only in the U.S.; STC 19991, four copies. “This is the
first issue of the first edition. The book is divided into three
parts, each with separate title page and pagination. Each title page
has an engraved border. The arms of the Earl of Essex are on the verso
of the first title. There is a large (26x36 cm.) folding plate with
sixteen mechanical and other figures, this plate being known in only
one other copy. There are also seventeen text woodcuts and woodcut
initials, and type ornament tail pieces.”
93. Platina, Bartholomeo (1421-1481). Platynae de Honesta Volvptate
et Valitvdine Libriprimi Capita. (Venice, Laurentius de Aquila and
Sybillinus Umbri, 1475). Folio, (93) f., without signature or
catchword, 32 line, Roman letter, extremely wide margins, bound in
later limp vellum. An allegedly earlier updated printing (Rome, Ulric
Han, ca. 1475) is cited by BMC V 239; Hanin 13051; and Proctor 3380.
“This copy has manuscript initials, some slightly decorated. Before
acquiring this Platina, the present owner mentioned it in New York to
Bernard Rosenthal, who suggested it might be more than the ‘first
dated, printed cook book.’ Cary Bliss, at the Huntington, arranged an
inspection of all Ulric Han titles available to see whether there was
any pattern of dating or not dating his books, and whether his
typography was as sloppy as on his Platina. It seemed probable than
(sic) Han had not printed the Platina.”
“At length a note arrived from L. W. Hanson, Keeper of Printed
Books at the Bodleian: ‘Mr. L. A. Sheppard, who is revising our
incunable catalogue, thinks that the dated Platina (this copy) is
earlier than the Rome edition. He has noted that in the latter the
type is worn. The book (printed in Rome) is therefore not likely to be
as early as 1475, but is more probably circa 1479.’”
“Frederick R. Goff, of the Library of congress: ‘I am interested
in your discussion of the probable first edition of Platina’s _De
honesta voluptate et valetudine._ Your case supported by Mr. L.A.
Sheppard has real merit.’”
“This is the only book from this press. Brunet IV, 690; Goff P
762, listing this copy; Gr. V 311; SBB I 78; Stillwell 693. Not in
Westbury’s _Handlist of Italian Cookery Books_, but his estate lists a
copy. The first edition of the first printed cook book.”
97. Ryff, Fualtherum. New Kochbuch Fur die Krancken. Wie mann
krancker Personen/ In mancherley fehl vn Gebrechen des leibs pflegen/
Mit zurichtung unnd kochung vieler nutzlicher gesunder Speiss/
Getranck/ un allen eusserlichen dingen warten sol. Den
Branckenwartern/ unnd sunst tederman in der noturfft zu underweisung
gestelt/ Durch Gualtherum Ruff, Medicum. Mit Keys. Gnaden un
Priuilegien. (Franckfurt am Meyn, Christian Egenolff, 1545). 4*, (4),
152 f., Contemporary blind-tooled calf, repaired. “Indexed with two
title-pages, the first printed in red and black with a red and black
woodcut of a kitchen, dining area and distant sick room; the second,
following the register, in black and white with a woodcut of nurses and
children around a sick-bed. There are five woodcut illustrations in
the text. This copy is clean and crisp with no defects. The first
edition.”
98. Ryori Monogatari. (The Story of Cookery. No place or publisher),
1643. (In Japanese characters.) 4*, (50) f., in paper wrapper. “This
is the first Japanese cook book.”
99. Ryori Monogatari. (The Story of Cookery. No place or publisher),
1644. (In Japanese characters.) 8*, (40) f., paper wrapper. “This
first illustrated Japanese cook book shows a kitchen in which a large
fish is being carved, another large fish is being fanned while cooking,
and utensils and containers are shown on counters. There is a large
screen in the background.”
100. Scacchi, Francisci. Francisci Scacchi Fabrianensis de Salvbri
Potv Dissertatio. Romae, Alexandru Zannettum, 1622. 8*, (10), 235,
(13) p., contemporary vellum, leather spine label. B 417; Ma, 110; SBG
1355; V 771. Not in L, Schr. or Westb. “This first edition is
illustrated with an engraved title and six gigure engraving of vessels
for hot and cold drinks. This work, divided into 22 chapters,
discusses warm and cold drinks, wines, waters, wines with meals,
nutritive value, dilutions, bouquet, etc. It is perhaps the earliest
book on making sparkling wines.”
105. (Standish, Arthus) (fl. 1611). The Commons Complaint. Wherein
is Contained Two Speciall Grievances: The first, the generall
destruction and waste of Woods in this Kingdome, with a remedy for the
same:...The Second Grievance is, The Extreme Dearth of Victvals. Foure
remedies for the same: I. By a generall planting of Fruit-trees,...2.
By an extraordinary breeding of Fowle and Pullen...3. By a general
destroying of all kinde of Vermine, ...4. Prouing the abundance of
Corne that is yearly deuoured and destroyed by the infinite number of
Pigeons, kept and maintayned in this Kingdome. London, Printed by
William Stansby, 1611. 4*, (16), 42 p., in a handsome panelled levant,
gilt with inner dentelles, marbled ends, by Marcus Crahan. STC 23 200,
Sir R.L. Harmsworth; Huntingon only, calling for 50 pages in error;
Bishop adds one copy at Yale. Ex Libris Sir Richard Newdigate, Arbury.
“This is the first edition. There were two others in the same year,
and a fourth in 1612. The folding plate, shoing a plan for a mote,
gives the following advice: ‘In the casting of the Mote, the best
earth must bee cast into the Plot, to raise it so as the House may
stand three or foure yards higher then (sic) the sides to the Moteward,
that the water may descend; and for pleasure there may be some king of
Quick-wood set about it....’”
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