Lot 4
  • 4

Apicius Coelius.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of six works, comprising:
  • PAPER
De opsoniis et condimentis, sive arte coquinaria, libri X. Item, Gabrielis Humelbergii... annotationes. Zurich: Froschauer, 1542, 4to, woodcut initials, modern black morocco, without final blank, a few small wormholes, title leaf strengthened on verso; Ibid. De opsoniis et condimentis, sive arte coquinaria... Editio secunda. Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberg, 1709, 8vo, additional engraved title-page, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, nineteenth-century red straight-grained morocco gilt, gilt coat-of-arms on covers, gilt edges; Ibid. [Another copy], contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-piece, binding rubbed; Ibid. [Another edition] London: William Bowyer, 1705, 8vo, title in red and black, contemporary calf, Westbury bookplate, rebacked; with two other modern works on Apicius (6)

Provenance

Hroar Dege (lot 167)

Literature

Vicaire 31-32; Simon, BB 53; Vehling 7 & 9

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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