Dipnosophistarum, siue Coenae sapientum libri XV
By: Natale de Comitibus ueneto nunc primum è Graeca in Latinam linguam uertente : compluribus ex manuscriptis antiquissimis exemplaribus additis, quae in Graecè hactenus impressis uoluminiubus non reperiebantur ...
Contributors: Conti, Natale, 1520-1582.; Arrivabene, Andrea, fl. 1534-1570, printer.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.; Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, associated name.; Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Apud Andream Arriuabenum, ad signum putei
Published: 1556
Place of publication: Venetiis
Language: ita
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Aphorisms and apothegms -- Early works to 1800.; Anecdotes -- Early works to 1800.; Gastronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: LC copy has initials of Thomas Jefferson on p. 97 and 117. Copy formerly owned by Benjamin Franklin, purchased from Dufief. Cf. Sowerby.
Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 42
Woodcut illustration on t.p. with motto: "Qui biberit ex hac aqua non sitiet in aeternum".
Text printed in italic type in double columns.
Signatures: *⁶ A-Z⁶ AA⁶ Aa⁶.
Includes index.