APICIAN MORSELS; or, TALES OF THE TABLE, KITCHEN, and LARDER
by Dick Humelbergius Secundus (Pseudomyn)

1829
1st American Edition
New York, J & J Harper

7-1/8 x 4-1/4" duodecimo, original red half calf , gilt titled spine (spine damaged, boards detached)

212 pages, followed by 'Popular Works Recently Printed",

line cut illustrations
"THE ROMAN SENATE DEBATING THE TURBOT" &
"Mr. Eatingtown in the Act of Receiving an Invitation ..."

Pages in very good condition, slightly darkened, some scattered light foxing

One of the earliest treatises on gastronomy published in the U.S., knowledgeable, even scholarly discussion -- in an entertaining, houmerous style -- of a great variety of subjects : cookery, dining habits in history, cookery and poetry, appetite, dining ceremonies, etiquette, restaurants, nutrition, etc.

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