SC - 16th century maxim
Ron and Laurene Wells
tinyzoo at aracnet.com
Sun Feb 27 14:36:48 PST 2000
>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:40:34 +0100
>From: Thomas Gloning <gloning at Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE>
>Subject: SC - Apicius
>
><< I have to ask how you manage to gain access to so many Apicius texts?
>Do you have a private or public library at your disposal? >>
>
>Both. The ones I quoted I bought in bookstores or at antiquarian
>booksellers. I love(d) to stroll around in antiquarian bookstores for
>some years and now and then I found something interesting. In my earlier
>years I followed a maxim that can be traced to the 16th century humanist
>Erasmus of Rotterdam; it goes something like this:
> "In the first place buy important books. If there is anything left,
> you can buy clothes and food."
>(Not a good quotation for a cooks' list, agreed...)
>
Hey! I really LIKE this saying! Being that just a few months ago I
started a business selling DK books, I guess I might be partial. Thanks
for sharing!
- -Laurene
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