Flavours of Byzantium by Dalby, Andrew - 2003

Devon [U.K.]: Prospect Books, 2003. Very Good condition in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Faint shadow on the front free endpaper where something small, perhaps a previous owner's label, has been neatly removed (no loss). Rough spots (glue residue sanded off?) on the endpapers, entirely hidden by the jacket's inner flaps. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original lavender boards, stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "Here are laid out the food habits of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, which for centuries has tempted and fascinated the West, yet little has been written in English on the subject. This is a pioneering study… There is also an authoritative glossary of Greek food words and phrases, a foundation on which future scholars will come to rely. Andrew Dalby is a classical scholar, food historian… Read More