122. GASTRONOMY. BARTOLOMEO SCAPPI'S FAMOUS RENAISSANCE COOKBOOK 1622 WITH 27 FULL PAGE WOODCUTS.

Gastronomy. Scappi, Bartolomeo, Italian Renaissance cook, (1500-1577). Opera di Bartolomeo Scappi mastro dell'arte del cunicare, con la quale si può ammaestrare qualsi voglia cuoco, Scalco, Trinciante, o Mastro di Cafa. Divide into sei nlibri. /.../Con le Figure che fanno dibisogno nella Cucina. Per Allessandri de'Vecchi, in Venteia, 1622. Large 8vo in a later (possibly late 19th century) light brown half morocco binding with gilt spine text and lavishly rich spine gilt as well as marbled covers and endpapers. Famous for his 27 full-page woodcuts (one double-sided). With two woodcuts on the title page. (III) leaves, 310 leaves + 27 full-page woodcuts of which one is double-sided.
Bibliographic ref. Vicaire, 774-75, Bittingt, 419, Oberlé, 75.
The famous Renaissance chef Bartolomeo Scappi worked in the Vatican kitchen under Pius IV. The work contains approx. 1,000 recipes from Renaissance cuisine and the famous woodcuts depict everyday life in 16th-century haute cuisine, and here is also the first ever depiction of a fork. The work was first published in 1570.