Author: CIACCONIUS, PETRUS [PEDRO CHACON]
Title: De Triclinio, Sive de Modo Convivandi Apud Priscos Romanus, & de Conviviorum Apparatu
Description: Amstelaedami, Apud Henricum Westenium, 1689. Hard Cover . (Accedit Fulvii Ursini Appendix, & Hier. Mercurialis De accubitus in coena Antiquorum origine Dissertatio.) 12mo. vellum, [13] pp.2-445 [23]; title page in red and black, extra engraved title, 18 engraved illustrations (16 full-page, 2 of those folding]; lacking front free endpaper, worm in hinges (less remarkable at rear), but with minimal effect on prelims, title, and not apparent through text block; second folding engraving with marginal hole (rubbed), the same at B2; some offsetting, some very minor and inextensive smudging, just a few plates lightly browned, the majority crisp and clean. A sound copy.

Keywords: Classical Literature History Seventeenth Century Editions Sixteenth Early Works Bindings Roman Customs Feasts Feasting Illustrated Social Dinners Dining Food Drink


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