SC - PLATINA ON EBAY
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Thu Aug 24 23:40:05 PDT 2000
Akim asked:
> Cooking-Mallinckrodt Food Classic PLATINA
> Item #415738095
> Platina De honesta voluptate." The first dated
> cookery book. Venice, L. De Aguila, 1475. Volume
> 5 from the Mallinckrodt collection of food classics,
> 1967. Original text is presented as well as its translation.
> Paperback in slipcase. Both in very good condition.
>
> Nice item. I have one and it is very interesting
> to have the original text on the opposite page.
> Any comments on the worth of the translation?
> It has 1 bidder at $15 currently.
You can find several comments on the pros and cons of this edition
in this file in the FOOD-BOOKS section of my Florilegium:
cb-rv-Platina-msg (16K) 4/11/00 Reviews of cookbooks having Platina recipes.
Some of the comments include:
> I have this one. It is a decent translation and has a facsimile of the
> original on facing pages. However, it is severely lacking in background
> information and notes -- it is just a translation. The table of
> contents isn't -- it's just a translation of the original, so you have
> to leaf through the text to find anything in particular.
(Margaret)
> I've seen this one, and it's okay, but...
>
> > Platina, Mary Ella Milham "Platina : On Right Pleasure and Good Health"
> > 1998, Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, v.168
>
> This one is better. It gives both the Latin and English, which as I
> recall, the Mallinckrodt edition doesn't. It's an excellent translation
> and tells you much more about the author and his world than any other
> edition I've seen.
(Adamantius)
> This work I do have, and it provides a side-by-side Latin-English
> translation. It is a fairly decent transcription where the author noted
> having some problems translating the 16th Century Italian. I find it to be a
> very nice piece of work, but not knowing any Latin, cannot vouch for the
> complete accuracy of it. It is an excellent source, however.
(Lionardo Acquistapace)
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Lord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
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