Opera

by: Scappi, Bartolomeo

Publication date: 1570

Topics: Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549, Julius III, Pope, 1487-1555, Scappi, Bartolomeo, Cookery, Cookery, Italian, Menus, Cookery for the sick, Kitchen utensils

Publisher: In Venetia : Appresso Michele Tramezzino

Collection: getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Getty Research Institute

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Italian

Running title: Libro primo-[secondo-sesto libro] di M. Bartolomeo Scappi

"Registro" on 3V recto

Signatures: a, A-V X-3V ²A

Imprint from colophon. Venetian imprimatur, sig. a3r, dated: 1570. 22. Martij in Rog. Imprimaturs of Pius V and Cosimo de' Medici name the brothers Francesco and Michele Tramezzino

Leaves printed on both sides. Leaves of plates [2]-[11], [13]-[18], [23]-[25] paired facing each other

Printer's device on t.p. framed by motto, and above colophon unframed. Historiated initials

Many errors in foliation by repetition of numbers: 29 called 25; 30 called 20; 44, 39; 57 and 58 omitted in numbering; 62 called 55; 65 and 66 repeated; 176 called 170; 208, 207; 212, 112; 239-240, 241-242; 280, 279; 304, 104; 304-305 repeated; 345 called 344; between 391 and 392 are 6 unnumbered leaves; 431, called 421

Illustrations: engraved portrait of the author (on a6 verso, included in pagination) and twenty-eight engraved plates, bound in at the end, depicting diverse kitchen interiors and utensils

Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.

Adams

Library's copy has leaf 83 bound in following 84, leaf 85 following 86. The plates are unnumbered

Notes

No table of contents. Irregular pagination. Only right leaves are numbered. Misprinted, missing and duplicate page numbers. Foxing. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping information.