Three Banquets for a Queen

by Charlotte Birnbaum

In 1668, Queen Christina of Sweden was greeted in Rome with three spectacular banquets that surpass all historical precedents and successors in the register of extravagant gastronomy. As the first publication of her series, On the Table, Charlotte Birnbaum presents Antonio degli Effetti's newly translated seventeenth-century text, which elaborately describes the three feasts in all their sumptuous and performative glory. The original text, dotted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934105627
• ISBN13: 9781934105627
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 7.2"