Accession number
PML 61326
Creator
Scappi, Bartolomeo.
Published
In Venetia : Appresso Michele Tramezzino, MDCLXX [1570]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Running title: Libro primo-[secondo-sesto libro] di M. Bartolomeo Scappi.
"Registro" on 3V⁸ recto.
Signatures: a⁶, A-V⁴ X-3V⁸ ²A⁴.
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 title page 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.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth clamshell box.
"Registro" on 3V⁸ recto.
Signatures: a⁶, A-V⁴ X-3V⁸ ²A⁴.
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 title page 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.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth clamshell box.
Description
[6], 436 [i.e. 444], [8] leaves, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings), portrait ; 21 cm (4to)
Provenance
Julia P. WIghtman.
Binding
White vellum.
Classification
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Department