Lot 8: ROSSETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA.

ROSSETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. DELLO SCALCO... CON GRAN NUMERO DI BANCHETTI ALLA ITALIANA, & ALLA ALEMANA... FERRARA: DOMENICO MAMMARELLO, 1584 First edition, 4to, woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, later vellum, endpapers wormed, a few small wormholes on title-page

Vicaire col.752; Paleari Henssler p.649; Censimento 16 CNCE 35919

Hroar Dege (lot 449)

Rossetti was scalco to Lucrezia d'Este, duchess of Urbino, to whom he dedicated this work. The work contains rules for the maestro della casa, a list of menus for banquets by month, a list of recipes arranged by ingredient, as well as methods of provisioning during times of war.