4to (20 x 13 cm), 18th century vellum with manuscript title on spine, green edges, a clean copy (upper margin a bit narrow, somewhere shaving the headlines). Aldine device on title and final leaf, several woodcut diagrams in the text, with blank leaf cc10 at end of prelim. leaves, ff. (34), 308. First Aldine edition of this compendium of Roman texts on agriculture, including wine production. Ahmanson-Murphy 121; Renouard 66:2; Adams S805, Simon, Bibl. Bacchica 593.

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Title: Libri de re rustica. M. Catonis Lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis Lib. III. L. Iunii Moderati Columellae Lib. XII. Eiusdem de arboribus. Palladii Lib. XIII.
Publisher: [Colophon:] Venice, Aldus the Elder, May
Publication Date: 1514
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good

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