A HEALTH DRINK OF CANNABIS NECTAR FOR A HONEST VOLUPTUOUSNESS AND WELL -BEING
PLATINA, Bartholomaeus. De honesta voluptate et valetudine. Venice, [Bernardinus Benalius], 25 August 1494, $ 40,000 4to (mm 207x152). The first leaf of text decorated by an illuminated initial in gold with white vines on blue and green round. On the same leaf the illuminated armorial coat of the Manolesso family from Venice. Bound in late 18th-century cartonnage with manuscript title on spine. Handsome, widemargined copy. Provenance: Pinelli’s collection; Martini copy. Second rare edition of this popular book containing a multitude of recipes and guidelines for healthy living. It includes general rules for eating, exercising and sleeping, sections on fruit, wine, vinegar, and condiments, and many recipes for cooking meat. However, the last part of the book is exclusively devoted to the cooking of fish and shellfish. Platina, future librarian of the Vatican, composed his work in the early 1460s while on summer retreat on the Tuscan estates of Francesco Gonzaga, and dedicated it to the humanist ecclesiastic Bartolommeo Roverella, Card. of San Clemente. IGI 7856. GOFF P-767. KLEBS 784.2. [17552]
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