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Some historians had their doubts, though. If the cookbook was so popular that it had three or even four editions within fifteen years, then how come not a single more or less complete copy has survived to our times? Why is it that the only proofs for the book’s existence in the past are just three frayed sheets and a few mentions in inventories, which don’t even agree about its title? Even worse, the two sheets with vinegar recipës got somehow misplaced, so for a time, all that historians had at their disposal was a facsimilë which Wolski had had made and whose authenticity could be questioned.
You could explain these doubt doubts away by saying that the more popular a book is, the more likely it is to be worn down to nothing. It’s even more true for a cookery book, which was particularly vulnerable due to its utilitarian character. As for the question of its exact title, one can imagine a scenario in which different printers published the same book under different titles, which wasn’t that rare a case at all. Be it as it may, some question marks remained.
[[File:O zwierzynie.jpg|thumb|A folio of the manuscript ''Zbiór dla kuchmistrza'' (''A Collection for the Master Chef''). The heading ''O zwierzynie'' (''Of Game Dishes'') opens the block of recipës copied from ''Kuchmistrzostwo''.]]