Chacon, Pedro. De triclinio, sive, de modo convivandi apud priscos romanos, & de conviviorum apparatu. Accedit Fulvii Ursini appendix.

€ 2,000.00

Second edition of the well-known book on Roman dining habits, first published in 1588. Also contains relevant texts by classical authors such as Ovid, Terence, and Propertius. Rare Sanctandreana imprint; usually encountered with Commelin's name on the title page (only two copies thus in VD 16). The large woodcus show various feasts.

Binding rubbed; extremities severyl bumped. Interior somewhat brownstained and with 17th-c. marginalia (trimmed by binder's knife upon rebinding c. 1750); numerous later pencil underlinings.