Libri de re rustica. M. Catonis lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis lib. III. L. Iunii Moderati Columellae lib. XII. Eiusdem De arboribus liber separatus ab alijs, quare autem id factum fuerit ostenditur in epistola ad lectorem. Palladii lib. XIIII. De duobus dierum generibus, simulq[ue] de umbris, & horis quae apud Palladium in alia epistola ad lectorem. Georgij Alexandrini enarrationes priscarum dictionum, quae in his libris Catonis, Varronis, Columellae.

Accession number

PML 1581

Published

Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense Maio 1514.

Credit line

Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899. NPM

Notes

Spaces with guide letters left for capitals.
Woodcut illustrations in Columella.
Imprint from colophon.
Edited by Giovanni Giocondo.
Leaf [34] blank.
Printer's device on t.p. and on verso of last leaf.
Italic type.
Second t.p. on leaf [9].

Description

[34], 308 leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm.

Provenance

Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), armorial booklabel and shelfmark: D4 (front endleaf 1 verso), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), entire library purchased by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.

Binding

19th-century French dark blue, straight-grained morocco by Bozerian le Jeune (signed at bottom of spine: Rel. F. Bozerian Jeune).

Classification

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