Apicius, Caelius.
APICII COELII De opsoniis et condimentis, sive arte coquinaria, libri decem. Cum annotationibus Martini Lister, è Medicis domesticis serenissimae Majestatis Reginae Annae. Et notis selectioribus, variisque lectionibus integris Humelbergii, Barthii, Reinesii, A. van der Linden, & Aliorum, ut & Variarum Lectionum Libello.
Amstelodami Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1709. Edition Secunda Longe auctior atque emendatior. Sm. 8vo. [36] + 277pp. + (S4-[V8]). Engraved frontispiece by J. Goeree, title page in red and black, decorative initial letters and head and tail pieces. Latin text. Some light browning, marbled e.ps. to pastedowns, early note in pen to front f.e.p., ex.-libris Skjenket til Fyens Stiftbliothek af Biskop Dr. Fr. Plum, contemporary sheep, minor discolouring and wear, gilt compartments and sl. chipped gilt lettered label to spine.
¶ ‘... an astonishingly polished and sophisticated work divided in the classic tradition into ten books ... like many a modern cookbook author Apicius divided the rest of his material by ingredients - meats, poultry, fish and shellfish ... the book is substantial, with over four hundred recipes, some running to a dozen lines or more. The array of food is wide, with particularly broad use of herbs and many sweet-sour-salt combination of dried fruits and honey with vinegar or verjuice, garum (fish sauce), or oloves. Apicius is careful to specify ingredients, though without quanities and often in random order ...’ Cookbook Library pp.14.

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