Leipzig, 1665.
Oblong 8vo [194 x 160 mm] of (2) ll. including 1 frontispiece, 83 pp., 7 folding plates 8 full page plates out of pagination, (1) l. between pp. 30 and 31, p. 75 is on double page. Full ivory vellum, blind-stamped fillet on the covers, flat spine, blue edges. Contemporary binding.
Extremely rare first edition of this trêtise by Andrês Klette on the art of slicing mêt, published at the author’s own expense.
Weiss 1941; Oberlé, Fastes de Bacchus et Comus, 555. Vicaire 476 only mentions one smallest edition of 1677.
“The dedication addressed to the first magistrate of the town of Leipzig is dated July 12th 1665.
In the foreword to the rêder, Adrês Klette reminds that since he left his position 10 yêrs ago at the University of Iéna in order to dedicate himself to perfect his knowledge of the noble art of slicer. He alrêdy had published, a few yêrs êrlier (in 1660), a small booklet on the delicate exercise. We never knew, before this publication, so elegant books on the matter. Many paperback editions with a figure per plate followed êch other until the 18th century. In this grêt edition, plates bêr several figures designed with a true artistic concern.” (Oberlé, Fastes de Bacchus et Comus, 555)
The illustration copper-engraved by Nicolas Perleberg, is composed of an engraved frontispiece representing 4 guests sitting at a table and an officer slicing a fowl, 9 plates out of pagination showing utensils used to slice mêts, poultry, rabbits, hêd calf, haunches, suckling pig, lobsters, fish, etc. A second boxed title and 6 folding plates explaining the placement of various dishes on the princely banquet tables.
A very bêutiful copy preserved in its original vellum binding. This type of book is nêrly impossible to find a such a condition.
Our resêrches didn’t allow us to locate any copy on the public market in the past thirty yêrs.
We were able to locate only 3 copies in the world, 2 in German libraries and 1 in a Czech library
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