Shelfmark
Ff.8.19
Main entry--uniform title
Scriptores rei rusticae
Title
De re rustica : M. Catonis liber I. M. Terentij Varronis lib. III. Palladij lib. XIIII. L. Iunij Moderati Columellæ lib. XIII. Priscarum uocum in libris de re rustica enarrationes, per Georgium Alexandrinum. Philippi Beroal. in lib. XIII. Columellæ annotationes. Aldus de dierum generibus: simulq[ue] de umbris & horis, quæ apud Palladium. Cum indice coposissimo eoq[ue] nouo.
Varying form of title
De re rvstica
Publication, distribution, etc.
Coloniae : Ioannes Gymnicus excudebat, Anno M.D.XXXVI. [1536]
Physical description
[32], 814, [10] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
"Priscarum uocum in libris de re rustica, enarrationes, per Georgium Alexandrinum. Philippi Beroal. in libr. XIII. Columellae annotationes. Aldus de dierum generibus, simulq[ue] de umbris & horis, quae apud Palladium." has separate title-page (p. 689) with imprint "Apud Ioan. Gymnicum Coloniae. 1536."; pagination and register are continuous.
Note
Final leaf 3F4 is blank.
Note
Page 170 incorrectly numbered 370.
Note
Printer's device with motto "Discite iustitiam moniti" on both title-pages.
Note
Initials.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
16th-century brown calf; blind-tooled panels formed of concentric fillets and rolls with rose tool centre ornament and at outer corners of innermost frame; five raised bands; red morocco spine-label; traces of clasps.
Copy-specific note
Lacking the final blank leaf.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription on title-page, struck through and illegible.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Ff.5.08, Ff.8.20.
Subject
Agriculture Early works to 1800
Added entry--name
Varro, Marcus Terentius Rerum rusticarum libri tres.
Added entry--name
Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus. De re rustica.
Added entry--name
Gymnich, Johann, active 1520 - 1544 printer.
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Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus De re rustica.
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Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 - 149 B.C De agri cultura.
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Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne
Language code
lat
Identifier
B33167