Marperger, Paul Jacob Vollständiges Küch- und... Lot 892

Marperger, Paul Jacob Vollständiges Küch- und Keller-Dictionarium, in welchem allerhand Speisen und Geträncke, bekannte und unbekannte, gesunde und ungesunde, einheimische und ausländische, wohlfeile und kostbare, nothwendige und entbehrliche ... besc Marperger, Paul Jacob Complete Kitchen and Cellar Dictionary in which all kinds of dishes and beverages, known and unknown, healthy and unhealthy, native and foreign, fine and precious, necessary and dispensable ... described ... Hamburg, Schiller, 1716. with engraved frontispiece and title in red. Frontispiece and title in red and black. 7 leaves, 1352 pp. 8°. Late. Ldr. with gilt label, gilt fillets and gilt fillets (joints and spine somewhat worm-marked). First and probably only edition of this rare culinary dictionary. With engraved frontispiece and title in red and black. - Later full leather with gilt stamped label to spine, spine gilt and gilt filets (joints and upper spine with wormholes). - Includes recipes, anecdotes and information on cooking and homemaking. - Bookplate, flyleaves somewhat foxed, first leaves somewhat fingerstained, browned due to paper, otherwise overall well preserved. "First and probably only edition. - Drexel 24. - George 291. - Horn-A. 293: ""Rare kitchen encyclopedia from the pen of the famous national economist"". - A gastronomic and cultural-historical treasure trove. In the preface Marperger mentions among many other authors in particular J.S. Elsholtz, ""whose useful book (Diaeticon) we have especially used..."". - Contains recipes, anecdotes and numerous information about cooking and household management. - ""The most thorough German work of that date"" (Bitting). - Marperger (1656-1730) ""belongs to the most productive authors of German cameralism. His approximately 60 published writings, some of which were reprinted several times, and numerous manuscripts he left behind deal with a wide variety of economic and legal matters"" (NDB). - Bookplate Fritz von Gutfeld, endpapers somewhat foxed, first leaves somewhat fingerstained, paper browned, otherwise altogether well preserved."