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Platina: on Right Pleasure and Good Health.  A Critical Edition and  Translation of De Honesta Voluptate Et Valetudine

Platina: on Right Pleasure and Good Health. A Critical Edition and Translation of De Honesta Voluptate Et Valetudine

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Platina: on Right Pleasure and Good Health. A Critical Edition and Translation of De Honesta Voluptate Et Valetudine

by Platina (Sacchi, Bartolomeo) ; Milham, Mary Ella, translator & editor

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9780866982085
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Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0866982086 . KB55...ix, [plate], 511, [i] pp. Works cited; index to the intro; index nominum; index verborum. Chronology. Octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt to front cover and spine. Minor shelf wear to covers, slight turn in at corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. A critical edition. Text of De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudine in Latin with facing English translation. "...the first modern translation that goes back to the original manuscript and deals with Platina's originality, his sources, and the textual proofs. The first half of the book discusses all kinds of food and spices, their nature and their cultivation. The 2nd half is drawn primarily from Martino and his Italian cookbook. Readers will see how Platina's work was informed by classicists and ancient poets, Arabic ideas on the principles of health, and his regard for the medicinal uses of food." An important new look at one of the most important writers on the Renaissance kitchen and table. ; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies; Vol. 168; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 511 pages .

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Leaf and Stone Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Platina: on Right Pleasure and Good Health. A Critical Edition and Translation of De Honesta Voluptate Et Valetudine
Author
Platina (Sacchi, Bartolomeo) ; Milham, Mary Ella, translator & editor
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0866982086
ISBN 13
9780866982085
Publisher
Arizona State University
Place of Publication
Tempe, AZ
Date Published
1998
Keywords
0866982086, Platina, De_honesta-voluptate, Renaissance_cuisine, Martino
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History: Renaissance;

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