[Sca-cooks] Anna Wecker and sauteed potatoes

[Volker Bach]

Am Mittwoch, 1. Februar 2006 23:52 schrieb Terry Decker:
> >> Of
> >> interest to me, was the fact that Wecker does not appear in the list of
> >> Aresty's collection as presented in The Delectible Past, therefore, we
> >> have
> >> no idea which edition was being quoted.
> >
> > Most likely the 1598, as it is AFAIK the only one that was reprinted in
> > facsimile.
> >
> > Giano
>
> From the sound of this you're making the assumption that Aresty used a
> facsimile edition.   I  believe you will find the first facsimile (1598)
> edition was a German publication in 1977.  Aresty's The Delectible Past was
> published in 1964.

That old? Wow.

> Aresty was a noted collector of old cookbooks, largely in manuscript or
> first edition.  She was also a well known author on matters culinary and
> was well connected in the academic community, being a Princeton faculty
> wife. She might consider using a facsimile a little gauche.

> Johnna has shown that she probably owned a 1605 Konig edition of Wecker by
> 1996 when Aresty donated her collection to the University of Pennsylvania.
> However, to quote Aresty in The Delectible Past, "I have not included the
> many German books;  they begin with Ein Koch und Erzen Buch, Gratz, 1686."
> This suggests that she had not yet added a copy of Wecker to her collection
> in 1964, which leaves the question of which edition she was referencing
> wide open.

Great, like we need to create *more* mysteries in our line of business... 

Thanks for the input. You'd think a Princeton faculty wife would know what a 
footnote is for. 

Giano


	

	
		
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