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APICIUS COELIUS (fl.14-37 AD). De opsoniis et condimentis, sive arte coquinaria, libri X. Ed. by Gabriel Humelberg. Zurich: Froschauer, 1542.
4o (202 x 132 mm). 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards (some light rubbing). Provenance: E. Proust (name gilt-lettered on spine).
Later edition of Apicius, first edited by Humelberg, one of the most famous books in the annals of gastronomy, "a cookery book which is chiefly concerned with soups and sauces, but gives also a number of recipes on how to prepare fish, flesh and fowl" (Simon BG 124). BMC/STC German p. 37; Vehling 7; Vicaire cols. 31-32.
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Later edition of Apicius, first edited by Humelberg, one of the most famous books in the annals of gastronomy, "a cookery book which is chiefly concerned with soups and sauces, but gives also a number of recipes on how to prepare fish, flesh and fowl" (Simon BG 124). BMC/STC German p. 37; Vehling 7; Vicaire cols. 31-32.