Renaissance Text Series (RTS), Vol. 17
Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health: A Critical Edition and Translation of De honesta voluptate et valetudine
1998 | 528 pp.
| Cloth
| 6 x 9 in
| 978-0-86698-208-5
| MRTS 168
Out of Print!
Reviews
". . . the work is important enough to deserve a modern edition, and Platina has found a patient, capable editor. . . . This will remain the definitive edition."
—Neo-Latin News
"Milham has opened for us an important window on the culture of Quattrocento Italy and Renaissance Rome."
—Sixteenth Century Journal
" ...the official cookbook of the Italian Renaissance, with extensive notes ..., including all the in-group jokes Platina included for his fellow humanist scholars."
—Los Angeles Times
