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In praise of good food

[SMALLEGANGE, Mattheus?].
Het loffelijk geselschap van de vetpot, of veel eer, verhandeling van d'insettingen, wetten, en lof-redenen der mildadigheit, vol zedelijke leeringen, en wonderlijke streken: waer noch bykoomt een bly-einde-spel, genoemt, de bruiloft van de vetpot. In 't Italiaensch beschreven, en nu eerst in 't Nederlands gebragt.

Engraved frontispiece depicting a woman with 2 kinds of cornucopias and surrounded by fruits, game, fish and wine, woodcut endpiece.

Engraved frontispiece depicting a woman with 2 kinds of cornucopias and surrounded by fruits, game, fish and wine, woodcut endpiece.



Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1687. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with double gilt fillet borders on sides. Engraved frontispiece depicting a woman with 2 kinds of cornucopias and surrounded by fruits, game, fish and wine, woodcut endpiece. (24), 469, (1 blank) pp.

Collection of stories and anecdotes on gastronomy, translated from the Italian original La contra-lesina, con le nozze d'Antilesina (published 1601, 1603 and 1677) probably by Mattheus Smallegange (1620-1704).
Good copy with the bookplate of Bob Luza on inside front cover.- (Frontispiece loose).
Muller 360; De Vries 305; Scheepers II, 751.


Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Gastronomy  Literary History  Popular Books 

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