M. Catonis Lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis Lib III. WITH: L. Ivnii Moderati Columellae, De Re Rustica Libri XII, Eiusdem de Arboribus liber separatus ab alijs.
Libri De Re Rustica M. Catonis Lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis Lib III. WITH: L. Ivnii Moderati Columellae, De Re Rustica Libri XII, Eiusdem de Arboribus liber separatus ab alijs.
Ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1543.
8vo. Two imprints in one volume. Bound in nineteenth century calf, gilt rules to blindstamped covers, five raised bands to spine, gilt decoration, red morocco title label lettered gilt. Marbled endpapers. Estienne's olive tree device to each title page. A very good copy, generally fresh.
Two Estienne imprints of Latin classics on agriculture, bound in one volume.
The first imprint includes classic Latin agricultural treatises ('De Agricultura') by Cato the Elder and the scholar Varro. The second contains two works on the same subject by Columella, being book twelve of his De Re Rustica and a short work on trees.
Stock ID: 42263
£1,250.00
