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Libri de re rustica a Nicolao Angelio [...] recogniti & typis excusi [...]. M. Catonis lib. I. M. Terentij Varronis lib. III. L. Iunij Moderati Columellae lib. XII. [...] Palladij lib. XIIII. [...]

Florence
Heirs of Filippo Giunta
1521, 28 September

4to: [20]-218 [= 222]-125-[1] ff. Woodcut mark at the end. A few sm. woodcuts or diagrams. Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters. (somewhat short, tear in f. 182). Old dark olive green morocco, covers with gilt double ruled border, richly gilt spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label, a.e.g., gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, green silk marker (spine faded, sl. rubbed at head and corners). Excellent copy

Florentine humanist ed. by Niccolò Angeli (1448-1529) of the Roman writers on agriculture, copied after the Aldine ed. Ref. Edit16 28760. - Renouard, Giunta, 48 - Adams S-807. Prov. A few old marginal annotations. Name on front flyleaf

Humanism Agriculture

CATO - VARRO - PALLADIUS - COLUMELLE