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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 26, 2019

De honesta voluptate et valetudine.

Publication Details

Venice: Laurentius de Aquila and Sibylinus Umber, 1475 CE.

The first two editions of De honesta voluptate et valetudine, the first printed work on cookery, diet, and health, by Italian humanist and papal librarian Bartholomeo Platina (Sacchi) appeared at roughly the same time. One was issued in Venice by Laurentius de Aquila and Sibylinus Umber on June 13, 1475. (ISTC No.: ip00762000). Another edition, which is sometimes called the first, might be slightly earlier or later. Neither the place, nor the printer, nor the date of printing is identified on that edition, but the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue No.: ip00761000 assigns the work to Ultrich Han of Rome between the years 1475 and 1479. 

Platina credited the origin of most of the recipes in this work to the professional chef Maestro Martino of Como.

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Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#10733
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12927
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-honesta-voluptate-et-valetudine

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice

Mentioned in annotation: Rome