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The Pantropheon, or A History of Food and Its Preparation in Ancient Times Soyer, Alexis
New York Paddington Press 1977 0448229765 / 9780448229768 First Thus Hardcover VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD
Price clipped dust jacket in Brodart cover: white panels have tanned. Pages are tanned in the margins. Clean and unmarked. First issue of Paddington's reprint of 1853 edition. Green boards with gold titles. Frontis portrait of the author. B/W plates. Index. 469 pages. *** The Pantropheon or a history of food and its preparation in ancient times is embellished with forty-one engravings illustrating the greatest gastronomic marvels of antiquity. * In the Pantropheon Soyer presents a wealth of enlightening and entertaining information, covering nearly every possible aspect of food and its preparation in ancient times: the mythological origin of specific foodstuffs; agricultural, milling and marketing practices; detailed recipes; even an in-depth study of the gastronomy and sociology of the Roman banquet table. ***
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25.50 USD
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