ARNOLD SHIRCLIFFE STEWARD, GASTRONOMER, AUTHOR AND BIBLIOPHILE
AS THE ACTORS SHAKESPEARE AND MOLIÈRE CREATED THE BEST DRAMA, SO THE BEST IN GASTRONOMIC LITERATURE EMANATED FROM WITHIN THE RANKS
{ Illustration: SYMPOSION. FROM AN ANCIENT VASE}
THE BOOK OF APICIUS A critical review of its times, its authors, and their sources, its authenticity and practical usefulness in modern times 1
THE RECIPES OF APICIUS AND THE EXCERPTS FROM APICIUS BY VINIDARIUS Original translation from the most reliable Latin texts, elucidated with notes and comments 41
APICIANA A bibliography of Apician manuscript books and printed editions 251
DICTIONARY OF CULINARY TERMS AND INDEX 275
Made from originals and reproductions in the author's collection
PAGE 1 BREVIS PIMENTORUM, Excerpts of Vinidarius, 8th Century 234 2 INCIPIT CONDITUM PARADOXUM, Vatican MS, 9th Century 253 3 COLOPHON, Signerre Edition, Milan, 1498 260 4 TITLE PAGE, Tacuinus Edition, Venice, 1503 262 5 OPENING CHAPTER, same 232 6 TITLE PAGE, Schola Apitiana, Antwerp, 1535 206 7 TITLE PAGE, Torinus Edition, Basel, 1541 220 8 TITLE PAGE, Torinus Edition, Lyons, 1541 263 9 TITLE PAGE, Humelbergius Edition, Zürich, 1542 265 10 TITLE PAGE, Lister Edition, London, 1705 267 11 VERSO of Title Page, Lister Edition, London, 1705 268 12 TITLE PAGE, Lister Edition, Amsterdam, 1709 250 13 FRONTISPICE, Lister Edition, Amsterdam, 1709 156 14 BANQUET SCENE, from an ancient vase (opposite)
Sketched from scenes and objects at Pompeii, Naples, Berlin and Chicago. Most of the ancient objects are in the National Museum of Naples with many replicas in the Field Museum, Chicago. The treasure found in 1868 near Hildesheim is in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin
15 APICII LIBRI X, Latin title of present edition, hand-lettered (facing title)
16 DIAGRAM of Apicius manuscripts and printed editions 252
20 DESSERT or Fruit Dish, Shell, Naples 125
26 PAN, Service Saucepan, with decorated handle, Hildesheim 73
27 SERVICE DISH, oval, with two handles, Hildesheim Treasure 43
28 PAN, Saucepan, with handle, Hercules motif, Naples 222
29 PLATTER for Roast, Hildesheim Treasure 219
30 PLATTER, The Great Pallas Athene Dish, Hildesheim 158
31 TRIPOD for Crater, Hildesheim Treasure 40