£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 589
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Naples: [Domenico Antonio Parrino and Michele Luigi Muzio, 1692], 1694 [being a re-issue of the 1692 edition with an updated title-page]. Second edition, small 4to, comprising part 1 (of 2) only, engraved portrait, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding engraved plates, errata leaf, contemporary vellum, some manuscript notes in an early hand, a little light browning, a few internal ink marks, one plate torn with some loss, closed tear to another, a little marginal dampstaining towards the rear
Note: Latini was an assistant cook, waiter, wardrobe attendant and finally steward of Cardinal Antonio Barberini, before relocating to Naples to become steward for Don Stefano Carillo Salcedo, first minister to the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Latini's famous cookery book contains the earliest surviving recipe for tomato sauce - tomatoes having hitherto been used predominantly as table decorations.