Description: Book Description: Dick Humelbergius Secondus (pseud.) Apician Morsels: or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder. “Containing a New and Improved Code of Eatics; Select Epicurean Precepts; Nutritive Maxims, Reflections; Anecdotes, & c. Illustrating the Veritable Science of the Mouth; Which Includes the Art of Never Breakfasting at Home, and Always dining Abroad.” New York: J & J Harper, 1829, 212 pages. 4 ¼’ x 7’. First American Edition published in the same year as the London edition. Two frontispiece illustrations after Cruikshank, which are duplicated on pages 96 and 138. Front cover detached and back cover missing. Frontispieces detached. Ex libris. Binding weak. Minor spotting but pages relatively clean and complete. Needs repair—reading copy only. Still a rare volume in first edition state. "Dick Humelbergius Secundus" is an allusion to Gabriel Hummelberger (Humelbergius), the sixteenth-century annotator of the work of the Roman chef Apicius. Although written in a humorous vein, this work covers a variety of topics related to food and eating, including cookery, dining habits in history, etiquette, restaurants, nutrition, etc.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
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Author: Dick Humelbergius Secondus
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Publisher: J & J Harper
Topic: Food
Subject: Epicurean Delight of Food
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1829
