Cucina Teorico-Pratica de Cavalcante Ippolito - 1852

Naples: Domenico Capasso, 1852. Seventh. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards, scribbles and stains to title, modest wear to boards, modest foxing, a few marginal marks. 471pp and a large folding table setting plate at rear. Cagle 1118 (1844 ed.), Bitting 80, Vicaire 223

First published in 1837, it was hugely successful, helping spread Neapolitan recipes and techniques (like cooking pasta vierd vierd - slightly hard) through Italy. Size: 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate on front pastedown. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000532.