Lot 177
Cookery - Lancellotti, Vittorio SALEROOM NOTICE: Repair to title-page
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 6 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£813
Description
Lo scalco prattico. Rome: Francesco Corbelletti, 1627. 4to (208 x 153mm.), first edition, engraved armorial of the dedicatee on title-page, woodcut initials, from the collection of Stanley Seeger, contemporary limp vellum, occasional light spotting, a few quires lightly browned, L2-3 torn and repaired without loss, repair to title-page, small repair to foot of upper joint
Footnote
Note: Lancellotti worked for Cardinal Aldobrandini, the dedicatee of this work, and in this work he lists month by month some of the banquets, lunches and dinners served between 1607 and 1627 on various family and state occasions.