APICIUS CAELIUS attributed to In hoc opere contenta Apicii C

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APICIUS, CAELIUS, attributed to. In hoc opere contenta Apicii Caelii De opsoniis et condimentis [etc.]. Edited with notes by Gabriel Humelberg. 123, [1] leaves, including final blank. 4to, later decorated paper boards, cover edges worn through, front joint cracked; light foxing and toning, occasional marginal soiling, few early marginalia, split between front free endpaper and first gathering, early owner's monogram stamp on title and at end. Zurich: Officina Froschouiana, 1542

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first humelberg edition of the only surviving Roman culinary text, "considered a masterpiece of philology. Humelberg's annotations are extensive, comprising two-thirds of the book. His edition was widely used by later editors and translators"--Lilly Library, Une Affaire du Goût 36. Cagle 1224; Sarton I, 340.