Original Edition of Domenico Romoli's Famous Treatise on the Culinary Arts

Domenico Romoli. LA SINGOLARE DOTTRINA DI M. DOMENICO ROMOLI SOPRANOMINATO PANUNTO... Venice: [Michele I Tramezzino], [after 1560]. Limp period vellum, with faint ink manuscript title on spine. 8vo; a-b8 A-3A8 Aa-Zz8 Aaa8; ff. [16], 376. Italic type with roman; text in Italian. With woodcut printer's device on title page and woodcut initials. With "Panunto" and no colophon. Vicaire 747; Bitting 403; USTC 764308; Edit16 76474.
6 1/8 x 4 in.
An important early discussion of food, including when foods are in season, daily foods to eat, food for health, and more. The full title states that it is "a very useful work for everyone." According to Bitting, "This is one of the most famous Italian 16th century cookery books" (403).
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Wear to vellum including cracking at joint and slight worming at spine; manuscript writing on front and rear free endpaper (the latter written upside down), title page, and Aaa8. Title page with substantial loss impacting device, with subsequent repair; near complete separation of vellum from textblock; expected internal foxing and toning, staining, with damp staining at rear pages; tears at endpapers and with small wormholes and chips at rear endpapers.