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8vo. 4 volumes: (II),CLVI,248; (II),566; (II),510; (II),369,(1 blank) p. Half vellum 22 cm (Ref: Not yet in VD18. Burkard p. 181/185; Schweiger 2,1307; Graesse 6/1,332; Ebert 20744) (Details: Nice set in 19th century half vellum. Backs gilt and with red morocco shields. Marbled boards. Engraved vignet on the first 3 titles) (Condition: Vellum slightly soiled. Some wear to the extremes. Some foxing. Joints of the first volume beginning to split. Very small hole in title of the 4th volume, the 'Lexicon Rusticum'. A bookplate on the front pastedowns) (Note: Vol. 1 contains Cato's 'De agri cultura' and Varro's 'De re rustica libri III'; vol. 2 Columella's 'De re rustica' and 'De arboribus'; vol. 3 Palladius' 'De re rustica libri XIV', Vegetius Renatus' 'De artis Mulomedicinae libri IV', 'Gargilii Martialis fragmentum', and 'Ausonii Popmae de instrumento fundi liber'; vol. 4 the 'Lexicon rusticum'. § The Roman gentlemen-farmers and landowners Cato, Varro and Columella wrote about agriculture and were successful farmers too. Their aim was to bring Roman farming on a higher level. The conjunction of these three didactic texts can be found from the Middle Ages. They were jointly published for the first time in 1472 in Venice, and form the chief texts on agriculture and rural life in antiquity. The oldest of the trio is the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 B.C., the source of famous maxims for orators, like 'rem tene, verba sequentur'. 'He distinguished himself for fearless and ruthless attacks on those whose way of life did not agree with his own somewhat old-fashioned and puritanical morality'. (H.J. Rose, 'A Handbook of Latin Literature', London 1967, p. 91) In style and in character he was a typical farmer, shrewd, hardworking, frugal, honest, sincere, but limited. His 'De agri cultura', also known as 'De re rustica' is a kind of commonplace book. It gives us a view of the life of an oldfashioned landowner in that age, and offers information on Roman cult and rustic folklore'. § The second work was written by possibly the greatest scholar Rome produced, Marcus Terentius Varro, 116-27 B.C. Of the mass of works he wrote only one is preserved to us completely, 'De re rustica libri III', and further more there are parts and fragments of some other works. He was a landowner on a large scale, who wrote 'De re rustica' in his eightieth year (annus octogesimus), he tells us in the beginning, 'ut sarcinas colligam ante quam profiscar e vita'. It is a philosophic dialogue in 3 books, in which he gives sound and practical advice for managing a farm (I), a stock-ranch (II), poultry, aviary and herb-garden (III). 'While giving interesting information on the state of agriculture at that time, it is withal a pleasantly discursive book, the work of a garrulously entertaining old scholar' (Idem, p. 222) § Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella was a contemporary of Seneca. He wrote his 'De re rustica', consisting of 12 books, ca. 60-65 A.D. He was also a practical farmer on a large scale who was concerned over the decline of the agriculture in his days. 'Book 1 deals with general matters of buildings and labour, 2 with soils and crops, 3-5 with vines, olives and fruittrees, 6-7 with domestic animals, 8 with poultry and fishponds, 9 with game and bees, 10 (in verse) with gardening, 11 with the bailiff's duties and the farmer's calendar, 12 with the bailiff's wife's duties'. (OCD 2nd ed. p. 268) A separate book on arboriculture, part of a larger work, survives too. His style is straitforward and pleasant. The texts of this trio were edited by Piero Vettori, or Petrus Victorius, 1499-1585. With his edition of 1541 begins for the 'Scriptores de re rustica', according to the 18th century German scholar J.M. Gesner a new era, the 'Aetas Victoriana'. Gesner based his own edition of the 'Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini' of Leipzig 1735 on the work of Vettori. He slightly revised Vettori's text with the help of some manuscripts and earlier edtions. This 'Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini' edition of 1787 is a reissue of that edition of Leipzig 1735. The 'notitia literaria' is brought up to date, and added are a translation of the life of Cato by Plutarch, and the 'Varro-Vita' by M. Hanke of Leipzig 1669. Gesner adopted next to the triumvirate Cato, Varro and Columella in his 1735 edition the 'De re rustica' of the late antique agriculturalist with estates in Italy and Sardinia, Palladius) (Provenance: Modern bookplate: 'Ex libris Georges Raepsaet', a Belgian ancient historian and archaeologist) (Collation: 1: pi1, a-i8, k4, l2; A-P8, Q4. 2: pi1, a-2M8, 2N4 (minus blank leaf 2N4). 3: pi1,A-2H8, 2I8 (minus blank leaf 2I8). 4: A-2F8, 2G2 (minus blank leaf 2G2, leaf 2G1 verso blank)) (Photographs on request) (Heavy book, may require extra shipping costs) 2400 gr.

4to in 8s. 2 parts in 1 volume: (XX),218 (recte 222);125 leaves. 19th century half vellum 22 cm. (Ref: Edit 16 28760; Schweiger 2,1305/06; Renouard, 'Annales des Imprimeries des Alde', 'Notice sur la famille des Iunte', p. XLVI; Adams S807; Ebert 20736; Brunet 5,246; Graesse 6/1,331) (Details: 19th century binding, with short title on the back and marbled boards. Good quality white paper. Some text diagrams. Iunta's printer's device on the verso of the last leaf) (Condition: Some wear to the extremities. Small wormhole in the right upper corner of the first leaf. Old ownership entry below the printer's device. Small booklabel on front pastedown. A small pinpoint wormhole in the upper margin of the last 8 leaves, pinpoint wormhole in the inner margins of the gatherings l and m. Some old ink underlinings, 2 old ink annotations. Small rust hole in the upper corner of leaf 175. Some slight foxing and soiling of the paper. Small stain in the upper margins of 2 gatherings. The gatherings collate correctly. The page numbering of the second part has some irregularities, but is alltogether correct) (Note: This Italian edition of the Libri de Re Rustica, first published by Philip Junta in Florence in 1515, gives us the works of four Roman gentlemen-farmers and landowners, Cato, Varro, Columella and Palladius, who wrote about agriculture and were also successful practical farmers. As a cultural movement the Italian Renaissance was the product of the aristocracy and the ruling elite. The greater part of the populace were still rural peasants. Most of them worked on private farms or were tenants who shared the crops with their landowners. The urban elite of this time turned themselves into landed aristocracy, owning large villa-farms. Capital produced by commercial and trading activities was invested in land. 'It was particularly in the Florence area that this bourgeois colonization of the surrounding countryside coincided with the development of a trading economy'. (G. Gobbi Sicap, 'The Florentine Villa: Architecture History Society', Abingdon, New York 2007, p. 11) Land, and a house in the country lent prestige. 'A landlord of this period who had entrusted his property to a share-cropper frequently visited his lands and oversaw every activity that took place, keeping an eye on the stables and cellars and taking charge of the sale of the produce; he thus appeared to participate fully in farming life' (Idem, p. 14) Thus the residential extra-urban villas of the 'signori' became 'of central importance to the development of the newly-dawning Renaissance culture' (Idem, p. 15) The rediscovery of classical authors in the early days of humanism provided important confirmation of these aspirations. 'The 'Rei rusticae scriptores' who now took the stage - including the Romans, Cato, Varro, Columella, the 'rusticus' Palladio, (. ) provided further food for thought, adding value to the literary notion of a house in the country as a refuge, corresponding to the classical 'topos' of the joys of country life, and the practical and educational concept of farming as the purpose and 'magistra of life'. The ideology of the paired words 'utilitas-delectatio', a humanist concept, dates back to classical times and appears in the works of the most authoritative Latin writers, including Cicero, Seneca and Pliny'. (Idem, p. 19) § The aim of Cato, Varro and Columella was to bring Roman farming of their time on a higher level. The conjunction of these three didactic texts can be found from the Middle Ages. They were jointly published for the first time in 1472 in Venice, and form the chief texts on agriculture and rural life in antiquity. The oldest of the trio is the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 B.C., the source of famous maxims for orators, like 'rem tene, verba sequentur'. In style and in character he was a typical farmer, shrewd, hardworking, frugal, honest, sincere, but limited. His 'De re rustica', also known as 'De agri cultura' is a kind of commonplace book. It gives us a view of the life of an oldfashioned landowner in that age, and offers information on Roman cult and rustic folklore. The second work was written by possibly the greatest scholar Rome produced, Marcus Terentius Varro, 116-27 B.C. Of the mass of works he wrote only one is preserved to us completely, 'De re rustica'. He was a landowner on a large scale, who wrote the book in his eightieth year (annus octogesimus), he tells us in the beginning, 'ut sarcinas colligam ante quam profiscar e vita'. It is a philosophic dialogue in 3 books, in which he gives sound and practical advice for managing a farm (I), a stock-ranch (II), poultry, aviary and herb-garden (III). 'While giving interesting information on the state of agriculture at that time, it is withal a pleasantly discursive book, the work of a garrulously entertaining old scholar' (H.J. Rose, 'A Handbook of Latin Literature', London 1967, p. 222). Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella was a contemporary of Seneca. He wrote his 'De re rustica', consisting of 12 books, ca. 60-65 A.D. He was a practical farmer on a large scale, who was concerned over the decline of the agriculture in his days. 'Book 1 deals with general matters of buildings and labour, 2 with soils and crops, 3-5 with vines, olives and fruittrees, 6-7 with domestic animals, 8 with poultry and fishponds, 9 with game and bees, 10 (in verse) with gardening, 11 with the bailiff's duties and the farmer's calendar, 12 with the bailiff's wife's duties'. (OCD 2nd ed. p. 268) A separate book on arboriculture, part of a larger work, survives too. His style is straitforward and pleasant. The late antique Roman author Palladius (ca. 400), who also seems to have been a landowner, produced a kind of abridgment of Columella. § The texts of these four were edited, we are told in the preface, by the Florentine classical scholar Nicolaus Angelius Buccinensis (Niccolò degli Angeli, or Angelio Bucinense, or Bucinensis) who produced many edition.

8vo. (XXIV),494,(2 blank),(22 index) p. Overlapping vellum 19 cm (Ref: VD16 C 1580; Schweiger 2,75) (Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Woodcut printer's mark on the title: a woman holding a oil lamp, motto: 'Verbum tuum lucerna pedibus meis'. (Psalm 119 verse 105) Occasional woodcut initials) (Condition: Vellum soiled and wrinkled. Small hole in the back and in the upper board. Front endpapers renewed in 19th century. 19th century annotations concerning Zwinger, Cato & Varro on the front pastedown and recto of the front flyleaf. Title slightly soiled. Small fold in right lower corner of the title. Small stain at the bottom of the title) (Note: Theodor Zwinger, 1533-1588, or Theodorus Zuingerus, also spelled as Zwingerus, or Zvingerus, was of humble descent. He studied philosophy in Paris under Petrus Ramus. Supported by the printer/bookdealer Perna he later went to Padua, where he studied medicin for 6 years. After his promotion in 1559 he returned to his hometown Basel, and was appointed professor of Greek and Moral philosophy. In 1580 he became also professor of Medicin. He is best known for his editions of the Nicomachean Ethics of the Greek philosopher Aristotle, which he published in 1566 & 1588. (Griechischer Geist aus Basler Pressen, no. 127 and 128) He produced also a kind of encyclopedia which was much admired in his time, 'Theatrum vitae humanae', Basel 1565. As a physician and logician he published his thoughts about the agricultural works of the Roman authors Cato (234-149 B.C.) and Varro (116-27 B.C). He tries to analyse their opinions, and show their structures in systematic tables, like he had previously done with Aristotle. At the end he publishes texts of Cato and Varro on agriculture, a fact that escaped many bibliographers. In vol. 1, p. CXXXIX of the Biponti edition of the 'Scriptores Rei Rusticae' edited by J.M. Gesner, 1671-1761, it is stated that the text of Cato follows the edition of P. Victorius (1543), and the text of Varro is that of J.J. Scaliger, 1565) (For Zwinger see ADB 45,543/4, where this title is omitted. It is however mentioned in Zedler 64,862/4) § Famine (with war and the plague) was a great problem in Italy, France, England and Germany during the first half of the 16th century. There were serious food shortages and outbreaks of disease in the 1520th and 1530th. This scourge reached its peak in the crisis of 1545/46 which was perhaps the most terrible year in the history of 16th century Paris. Many thousands died of hunger. This period is marked by a dramatic fall in living standards. The gravity of the situation began to be reflected in the medical and agricultural literature of that time: how to avoid disease and preserve health in times of dearth on a poor diet of gruel, bread, broth and beer. The French humanist schoolmaster Robert Breton, whose ideas were heavily coloured by classical influences, published in 1539 his Agriculturae encomium, in which he emphasized the need to combine theoretical and practical learning in agriculture. 'The food produced in the countryside, he pointed out, was absolutely essential to the existence of the towns and the state itself'. (H. Heller, Labour, science and technology in France, Cambr. 1996, p. 66) Food, especially grain, was not only scarce because of the ignorance and poverty of the peasantry, but also because of warfare. Towards the middle of this century the provision of an adequate food supply became urgent. 'Beyond assuring the subsistence of the population, it as critical to maintaining the momentum of the burgeoning manufacturing sector of the economy. Sustaining profit margins in industry depended on controling wages. Relatively low wages were only possible if the cost of grain (.) could be contained. As a result, one notes a growing preoccupation with agriculture among humanist authors'. (Op. cit. p. 65) Between 1529 and 1550 eight Latin editions of the works of Cato, Varro, Columella and Palladius were published in Paris and Lyon. The result was also a flood of publications on food and crops, and suggestions for the development of agriculture on a more rational basis. The basis for reform was laid by Roman gentlemen-farmers and landowners like Cato and Varro, who wrote about agriculture, and who were also successful practical farmers. Their aim was to bring Roman farming on a higher level. Their works on agriculture are among the chief texts on agriculture and rural life in antiquity. The oldest is the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 B.C., the source of famous maxims for orators, like rem tene, verba sequentur, and that an orator is a vir bonus dicendi peritus. 'He distinguished himself for fearless and ruthless attacks on those whose way of life did not agree with his own somewhat old-fashioned and puritanical morality'. (H.J. Rose, A Handbook of Latin Literature, London 1967, p. 91) In style and in character he was a typical farmer, shrewd, hardworking, frugal, honest, sincere, but limited. His De re rustica, also known as De agri cultura is a kind of commonplace book. It gives us a view of the life of an oldfashioned landowner in that age, and offers information on Roman cult and rustic folklore. The second work was written by possibly the greatest scholar Rome produced, Marcus Terentius Varro, 116-27 B.C. Of the mass of works he wrote only one is preserved to us completely, De re rustica, and further more parts and fragments of some others. He was a landowner on a large scale, who wrote De re rustica in his eightieth year (annus octogesimus), he tells us in the beginning, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam profiscar e vita. It is a philosophic dialogue in 3 books, in which he gives sound and practical advice for managing a farm (I), a stock-ranch (II), poultry, aviary and herb-garden (III). 'While giving interesting information on the state of agriculture at that time, it is withal a pleasantly discursive book, the work of a garrulously entertaining old scholar' (H.J. Rose.

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