Shelfmark
Ff.8.21
Author
Uniform title
[De agri cultura]
Title
Methodus rustica Catonis atq. Varronis præceptis aphoristicis per locos communes digestis à Theodoro Zuingero typicè delineata & illustrata.
Varying form of title
Methodvs rvstica Catonis atq. Varronis
Varying form of title
Methodus rustica Catonis atque Varronis
Varying form of title
Methodvs rvstica Catonis atqve Varronis
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ : Petri Pernae opera atque impensa., [1576]
Physical description
[24], 494, [26] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Synoptic digest followed by the works of the two authors.
Note
Publication date from preface which is signed: Basilea Kl. Augusti anno Christiano M D LXXVI.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]-[beta]⁸ a-z⁸ A-I⁸ K⁴ (s7,8; H8 and K4 blank).
Note
Errata on leaf s6.
Note
Woodcut printer's device.
Citation/references note
Adams, C1126
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary limp vellum laced case binding, laced at three sewing supports; yapp edges; remains of two pairs of ties; ms. spine-title "Swinger Rustica"; English printer's waste spine lining.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Ff.5.10, Ff.8.17.
Subject
Agriculture Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Perna, Pietro, 1519 - ca. 1582 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Varro, Marcus Terentius Rerum rusticarum libri tres.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B33174