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Amsterdam: Ian Evertsen Clojpeburg, 1627. Later Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. Rebound in contemporary paper covered boards with a spine made of old red leather, new endpapers. Title in facsimile on old paper, scattered browning, foxing, minor stains, some minor repairs with Japanese paper all mostly early on; generally a very good copy. (18), 676, (96), (26), (blank leaf), (4) pp, 24, (1) leaves. Notaker 405 & 406 (for the cook book)

Wirsung's medical book was first published in 1568 and the cook book first added in 1593 - it contains around 300 recipes that are a terrific mix of medieval (a number of different (truncated) blancmangers, fast recipes, sops and a fritter he calls a small-whore's-farts - thanks to James Prescott's online translation for that one) with some emerging Renaissance recipes for omelets, crepes, waffles and a proto-hollandaise sauce (likely the first appearance in a printed cookbook in the 1593 edition and predating the first French appearance in La Varenne's 1651 work).

Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Medicine & Health. Inventory No: CAT000716. (Inventory #: CAT000716)