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SCAPPI, BARTOLOMEO. Opera. Double-page woodcut plate. [4], 311, [13] leaves, including engraved portrait of the author and 25 full-page woodcut illustrations. 4to, 203x148 mm, later vellum boards, soiled, spine darkened, ends worn; marginal dampstaining through most of the text, title soiled, repairs in blank corners of N1.8 and Ii6, repaired wormholes in blank outer margin of approximately the last 50 text leaves, but with generally clean, strong impressions of the woodcuts. 19th-century stamp of E. Sickenberger on title, and booklabels of J. Baart de la Faille and Gaston Chandon de Briailles on front endpapers. Venice: Alessandro Vecchi, 1598
Fifth edition of a work first published in 1570, the foremost culinary treatise of the Italian Renaissance by virtue of its unprecedented size, scope, and illustrations of kitchen interiors and utensils. Scappi (d. 1577) served as chef to Popes Pius IV and Pius V. Cagle 1183 (this edition); Lilly Library, Une Affaire du Goût 29 and Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 467 describe the original edition.
