Running title: Libro primo-[secondo-sesto libro] di M. Bartolomeo Scappi "Registro" on 3V recto Signatures: a, A-V X-3V ²A Imprint from colophon. Venetian imprimatur, sig. a3r, dated: 1570. 22. Martij in Rog. Imprimaturs of Pius V and Cosimo de' Medici name the brothers Francesco and Michele Tramezzino Leaves printed on both sides. Leaves of plates [2]-[11], [13]-[18], [23]-[25] paired facing each other Printer's device on t.p. framed by motto, and above colophon unframed. Historiated initials Many errors in foliation by repetition of numbers: 29 called 25; 30 called 20; 44, 39; 57 and 58 omitted in numbering; 62 called 55; 65 and 66 repeated; 176 called 170; 208, 207; 212, 112; 239-240, 241-242; 280, 279; 304, 104; 304-305 repeated; 345 called 344; between 391 and 392 are 6 unnumbered leaves; 431, called 421 Illustrations: engraved portrait of the author (on a6 verso, included in pagination) and twenty-eight engraved plates, bound in at the end, depicting diverse kitchen interiors and utensils Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent. Adams Library's copy has leaf 83 bound in following 84, leaf 85 following 86. The plates are unnumbered