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

[Elaine Koogler]

Oh,...I'll take at least two! Whew!!!

Kiri

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> 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
>
> >>>>
> Our internet-only Catalogue of 45 Select New Arrivals for the New York 
> Book Fair has been posted on our web site. It includes a number of 
> 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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