[Sca-cooks] Anyone want a first edition Platina?

[Stefan li Rous]

This was in another one of those unusual emails that I get because 
somebody's search engine found the Florilegium.
Hey, the shipping is only $7.00 and $3.50 for each additional book. :-) 
I don't know, maybe one or two of you in the New York City area might 
want to stop by just to see this book. I can forward the entire message 
to anyone who wants it.

Stefan

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Our internet-only Catalogue of 45 Select New Arrivals for the New York 
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early printed books including several incunables, scarce Modern First 
Editions, signed books, etc.

The total list of 45 items is below. [I've included just this one book]
We will be bringing these and much more to the New York Book Fair later 
this week.  Please visit us in Booth B-27.

  29. PLATINA,   Bartolomeo.  DE  LA   HONESTA  VOLUPTATE   ET
          VALITUDINE  with JOSEPH VEHLING'S PLATINA AND THE REBIRTH  OF
          MAN (1941).  (Venice): (Hieronymous de Sanctis) (1487). First
          Edition.  Small  quarto  in  eights   (5-3/4"  x  8-1/4")  in
          original  plain  cedar boards with vellum strings  and  metal
          clasp (lacks  portion)  in the monastic style. No title  page
          (as issued), iv, 70 (of 74) leaves, lacking b2 (page 10), e4-
          5 (pages  36-37),  and h8 (page 64). Printed in black  letter
          with woodcut  initials.  THE  FIRST PRINTED COOKBOOK  IN  THE
          FIRST EDITION IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN LATIN. Brunet IV, 692;
          Goff P766a;  Hain  13057; Simon I, 80; Vicaire  697.  Various
          sources  locate about a dozen copies in Europe, nearly all in
          Italy.  OCLC  locates a copy only at the National Library  of
          Medicine;  Goff (Incunabula in American Libraries) lists  one
          at the  Pierpont Morgan Library. NUC locates no copies.  Only
          one copy,  this one (1997), sold at auction in over 40 years.
          The original  edition  was  published in Rome in  1474.  This
          edition  in  Italian is the first designed expressly for  the
          public  printed  in  the language of the people and  not  the
          scholars  and  monks,  and  is also one of  the  first  books
          printed  in  Italian.  It contains  many  recipes  (including
          French  toast, caviare, and blackbird) as well as a guide  to
          good living  with  a chapter devoted to wine  and  vinegar. A
          copy of  this edition was found in the library of Leonardo Da
          Vinci after  his  death.  Platina,   the  Vatican  librarian,
          derived  much  of  his text from a manuscript by  Martino  of
          Como. Joseph   Vehling's  copy  with   his  bookplate.   With
          Vehling's  book on Platina, this being the author's copy  (#1
          of 500),  which contains a facsimile of the original  Platina
          manuscript.  In slipcase. Somewhat shaken. Some worming  with
          loss of letters. Very Good                         $25,000.00

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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
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