Athenaei Dipnosophistarum siue Coenae sapientum libri XV / Natale de Comitibus ueneto nunc primum è Graeca in Latinam linguam uertente ; compluribus ex manuscriptis antiquissimis exemplaribus additis, quae in Graecè hactenus impressis uoluminibus non reperiebantur.

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First edition of this Latin translation of Athenaeus's work dealing with wine and food, by Italian historian, poet, and humanist, Natale Conti. The original Greek text was first printed at Venice in 1514. This is the oldest cookbook to survive to the modern era.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Deipnosophistae. Latin
Main Author:	Athenaeus, of Naucratis (Author)
Other Authors:	Conti, Natale, 1520-1582 (Translator) Arrivabene, Andrea, active 1534-1570 (Printer)
Language:	Italian Latin
Language of the Original:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Published:	Venetiis [Venice] : Apud Andream Arriuabenum, ad signum putei, MDLVI [1556]
Subjects:	Aphorisms and apothegms > Early works to 1800. Anecdotes > Early works to 1800. Gastronomy > Early works to 1800. Aphorismes et apophtegmes > Ouvrages avant 1800. Anecdotes > Ouvrages avant 1800. Gastronomie > Ouvrages avant 1800. Anecdotes. Aphorisms and apothegms. Gastronomy. Early works. Printed waste. Ink stamps > Italy > Rome > 18th century. Ink stamps.
Genre:	Early works to 1800. Ouvrages avant 1800. Early works. Printed waste. Ink stamps Ink stamps.
Ownership and Custodial History:	Circular stamp in black ink on title page: "Congr. Missionis, Mon. Cita., 1717" (the Congregation of Priests of the Mission, or Lazarists, at the Vincentian house at Montecitorio in Rome); early shelf-mark inscribed on front paste-down: "XXLIX C: 18"; small laid paper slip adhered to front paste-down, possibly covering an inscription; pencil notes by a modern Italian bookseller on rear paste-down; bookseller's description, by Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts, available in MSS 466, Box 7, Folder 63.
Local Note:	MSU: Leaves E2 and E5 (conjugate) present in duplicate.
Binding Information:	In 18th-century half vellum with decorative paper over paste-boards; vellum spine label, tooled and lettered in gilt; edges daubed red; printed binding waste visible under rear paste-down.
Physical Description:	12 unnumbered pages, 288 pages, 12 unnumbered pages ; 31 cm
Variant Title:	Dipnosophistarum Dipnosophistarvm Coenae sapientum
Format:	Book

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