Estimate € 800 - 1,200
Auction: 21 September 2021 at 10:30
[GASTRONOMIA] - CORRADO, Vincenzo (1736-1836) - Il cuoco galante [LEGATO CON:] Il credenziere di buon gusto. Naples: Saverio Giordano, 1820. Sixth edition of one of the most famous cookery manuals of all time in which the author, at the service of the princes of Francavilla in Naples, outlined for the first time the contours of "Mediterranean cuisine" . 4to (235 x 190mm). Portrait of the author on frontispiece, two folding plates (some spotting, more common in the second work). Contemporary half calf, gilt title and decorations, boards in marbled paper (slight defects).
Estimate € 800 - 1,200