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.

CATO, Marcus Porcius; VARRO, Marcus Terentius; COLUMELLA, Lucius Junius Moderatus

Published by Paris Ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1543

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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. A very good copy, generally fresh. Estienne's olive tree device to each title page. 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.

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• Title: 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.
• Publisher: Paris Ex officina Roberti Stephani
• Publication Date: 1543
• Binding: Soft cover
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