Live auction - Lot 794
[Emblems - Gastronomy]
Cocus bonus ofte Geestelijcke Sinne-beelden ende godtvruchtighe uyt-legginghen op alle de ghereetschap van den kock [...] [2nd ed.].
Antwerp, C. Woons, 1665
€ 300 / 500
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Lot description
12mo: [24]-213-[3] pp. (some marginal dampstaining in 2nd pt., a few sm. tears or paper flaws).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (front covers scratched, 1 corner def.). Very good copy.
Bound with: Id. - Cocus bonus. Tweede deel ofte Gheestelycke bemerckingen op de tafel ende spysen van een volkommen maeltyt [...]. Bruges, Wid. J. Clouwet, 1663. 354 [= 352]-[6-2 bl.] pp.
2nd ed. of Part 1 (1st Bruges 1663) and 1st ed. of Pt. 2, of a collection of allegorical and emblematical Dutch verses on cooking and eating, with spiritual interpretations, by the Leuven Augustinian canon P. Croon (1634-1682). 1st part with engraved emblematical frontispiece and 2 oval engr. in-text.
Ref. Witteveen & Cuperus (Bibl. gastronomica) 1318. - Vicaire pp. 221-213. - Waller 434. - STCV.
Prov. St Martensdaal Leuven (old ownership entry on title).