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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.

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Constantine, 905 - 959 VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East,

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Cassianus Bassus Scholasticus

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Italy Venice.

Language code

lat

Identifier

B47799
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