Mattia Giegher - Li tre trattati di messer Mattia Giegher bavaro di Mosburc, trinciante dell’ill.ma natione alemanna - 1639

THE MOST RENOWNED TREATISE ON TABLE DRESSING AND FOOD CARVINGIN A UNIQUE FULL MARGIN UNCUT COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL BINDINGGIEGHER, MATTIA. Li tre trattati di messer Mattia Giegher bavaro di Mosburc, trinciante dell’ill. ma natione alemanna in Padova… il modo di piegare ogni sorte di panni lini . . . lo Scalco, s’insegna, oltr’al conoscere le stagioni di tutte le cose, che si mangiano, la maniera di mettere in tauola le viuande . . . il Trinciante, s’insegna il modo di trinciare ogni sorte di viande In Padova, per Paolo Frambotto, 1639Oblong 4° (170 x 220 mm) , original gray paper binding as provided by the editor (see Bern University Library) . ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AND 48 ENGRAVED PLATES. UNCUT COPY, WITH FULL MARGINS, IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING AS PROVIDED BY THE PRINTER. Unique copy of the famous treatises by the Bavarian Mathias Giegher, comprising instructions for folding table linen, the duties of a chief steward, and carving, all with fascinating and instructive plates, from galleons made of linen to a lobster carved from a citron. The work is formed by the following chapters: 1) Trattato delle Piegature, where it is described the folding of all kind of clothes to set and to enrich the table2) Trattato dello Scalco. with the description of the correct season of the year to cook any food, and on the setting and dressing of the table. At the end of the chapter Ghieger lists four full four course menu, one for each season of the year, with the description of how to serve the food3) Il Trinciante, on food carving, where it is described which carving tools to use and how to maintain them, and how to carve any food, from fish to vegetable, to any kind of bush meat. The 48 engravings represent: (6) how to fold towels(4) the placement of different dishes on a table(12) carving of fishes and meat(24) the various parts of foods, their names, and how to slice, decorate and present the fruits and seafood(2) skewers and knives (2 big folding plates) Mattia Giegher was born around 1589 in Mosburg in Bavaria (probably under the name of Matthias Jäger) and he emigrated to Italy to 1616. In 1620, he began to serve the German community in Padua and especially the teachers and layers from the local university, to which he dedicated his book in the person of Burcardo Ranzovio, German advisor at the law university. CONDITIONS: Light waterstains at title page, otherwise in very good condition. Unique attractive copy of this rare treatise on gastronomy UNCUT, IN THE ORIGINAL PAPER BINDINGTHE EDITION IS QUITE RARE, NO COPY ON THE MARKET AT THE MOMENT, BUT ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE IN THIS CONDITIONS, UNCUT, WITH FULL MARGIN AND ORIGINAL BINDING. PROVENANCE: paper label ‘Chiesa Libri Antichi – Bigli 11- Milano’ at inside front board. Carlo Alberto Chiesa (1926-1998) was among the most important Antiquarian bookseller of the twentieth century. He has been, for many years, a point of reference not only for bibliophiles and collectors, but also for the book historians and the most illustrious philologists all around the world. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet II,1588; BING. 937; Vicaire 402; Westbury 115, Drexel 238; Marciana 754; Paleari Henssler 759; B. IN. G. 937; Livre en bouche 142.