Platine viri celeberrimi De honesta voluptate ac valitudine libri decem q[uem] emendatissime impressi : cum noua tabula [et] indice.

Platine viri celeberrimi De honesta voluptate ac valitudine libri decem q[uem] emendatissime impressi : cum noua tabula [et] indice.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Platina, 1421-1481, author.
Uniform title:	De honesta voluptate
Imprint:	Venetiis : Per Ioa[n]ne[m] Tacuinu[m] de Trino, MDXVII die II Ianuarii [31 December 1517]
Description:	[4], LXXII leaves ; 22 cm (4to)
Language:	Latin
Subject:	Cooking, Italian -- Early works to 1800. Gastronomy -- Early works to 1800. Dietetics -- Early works to 1800. Cooking -- Early works to 1800. Gastronomy. Dietetics. Cooking, Italian. Early works. Cookbooks. Annotations (Provenance) Manicules (Provenance) Underscoring (Provenance) Paste paper bindings (Binding)
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/789460

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Varying Form of Title:	De honesta voluptate ac valitudine libri decem quem emendatissime impressi Platynae De honesta voluptate, et valitudine ad ambplissimum ac doctissimum D.B. Rouerellam S. Clementis presbyterum cardinalem Platynae De honesta volvptate, et valitvdine ad amplissimvm ac doctissimvm D.B. Roverellam S. Clementis presbytervm cardinalem
Other authors / contributors:	Joannes, Tacuinus, de Tridino, printer.
Provenance:	Former owner's manuscript annotations including manicles and underlining. Binding: Quarter-bound leather and paste paper over boards.
Notes:	Imprint from colophon. Signatures: A⁴ B-K⁸. Leaf III misnumbered "XI" and leaf V misnumbered "XIII". Initials. Text printed in roman type; title page in gothic type. Not in: Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum; Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries; Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.); or Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux. Includes index. Notaker, H. Printed cookbooks in Europe, 1470-1700, entry 1001.13 Simon, A.L. Bibliotheca gastronomica, entry 521 Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bibliography, entry 373 EDIT 16, entry CNCE 34836
Summary:	Platina's famous guide to healthy living and eating. The first part gives advice on activities such as sleeping, resting and playing, while later sections list foods and herbs that range from cinnamon to turtle. Accompanying notes advise that fennel can be used to treat scorpion stings, the Persians who fought under Cyrus ate nasturtiums, and hard boiled eggs are bad for the digestion and difficult to use in recipes. The De honesta voluptate is one of the earliest modern studies on diet as central to a healthy lifestyle. While reading the classics as a scholar, Platina discovered that the interest the ancieints had in what the Greeks called "dietam" was missing in his own times, and so sought to correct this. The author is best known for his histories of Mantua and the Papacy.

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Item Description:	Imprint from colophon. Signatures: A⁴ B-K⁸. Leaf III misnumbered "XI" and leaf V misnumbered "XIII". Initials. Text printed in roman type; title page in gothic type. Not in: Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum; Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries; Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.); or Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux. Includes index.
Physical Description:	[4], LXXII leaves ; 22 cm (4to)