Gd.4.02
Geoponica.
Constantini Cæsaris selectarum præceptionum, De agricultura libri viginti, Iano Cornario medico physico interprete, recens in lucem emissi; cum indice rerum scitu dignarum copiosissimo..
Venetiis : Apud D. Iacob à̀ Burgofrancho, Papiensem,, Anno M.D.XXXVIII. [1538]
168, [16] leaves ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Title printed within woodcut architectural border.
Printer's name from colophon at foot of p. 168. Colophon reads: Venetiis apud D. Iacob à̀ Burgofrancho, Papiensem, mense octob. M.D.XXXVIII.
Signatures: A-X⁸ [Maltese cross]-2[Maltese cross]⁸.
Final leaf is blank.
Includes index.
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.
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Italian; parchment over boards; endband secondary tackets; remnants of spine label.
Ms. on title-page: Pros[...?] Micahilij [?] Laurentij Con[...?]
Previous shelfmark: Ff.5.12.
Agriculture Early works to 1800.
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Constantine, 905 - 959 VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East,
Cassianus Bassus Scholasticus
Italy Venice.
lat
B47799