Shelfmark
Gd.4.02
Main entry--uniform title
Geoponica.
Title
Constantini Cæsaris selectarum præceptionum, De agricultura libri viginti, Iano Cornario medico physico interprete, recens in lucem emissi; cum indice rerum scitu dignarum copiosissimo..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : Apud D. Iacob à̀ Burgofrancho, Papiensem,, Anno M.D.XXXVIII. [1538]
Physical description
168, [16] leaves ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
Title printed within woodcut architectural border.
Note
Printer's name from colophon at foot of p. 168. Colophon reads: Venetiis apud D. Iacob à̀ Burgofrancho, Papiensem, mense octob. M.D.XXXVIII.
Note
Signatures: A-X⁸ [Maltese cross]-2[Maltese cross]⁸.
Note
Final leaf is blank.
Note
Includes index.
Note
The Geoponica are a part of the encyclopedic excerpts undertaken according to the instructions of Constantine VII. The selection is based upon the older compilation of Cassianus Bassus.--Beinecke Library.
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Italian; parchment over boards; endband secondary tackets; remnants of spine label.
Copy-specific note
Ms. on title-page: Pros[...?] Micahilij [?] Laurentij Con[...?]
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Ff.5.12.
Subject
Agriculture Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--name
Constantine, 905 - 959 VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East,
Added entry--name
Cassianus Bassus Scholasticus
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B47799