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CRESCENS, Pierre de - Lot 71
CRESCENS, Pierre de
Ruralia commoda, Il libro della agricultura
Florence, Nicolaus Laurentii, 1478
THE GREAT TREATISE ON AGRONOMY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
INCUNABULA EDITION, IN ITALIAN
First edition in Italian, and third edition (according to Goff and USTC)
folio (262 x 198mm)
COLLATION : π6 a10 b-c8 d6 e-g8 h6 i8 l-n6 o8 aa6 bb8 cc6 dd-ff8 gg-ii6 ll-oo6 aaa6 bbb8 : 202 leaves
BINDING: fawn calf spine and corners, paper boards, spine ribbed
First few leaves foxed, a few stains. Traces of worm damage to binding.
Pierre de Crescens (1230-1321), a citizen of Bologna with a background in logic, medicine, natural sciences and law, completed his Liber ruralium commodorum between 1304 and 1309. In twelve books, his work sets out "the doctrine of fields, plants and animals", a source of "rural prouffitz". The last four parts deal with hunting and falconry, animal husbandry and the farmyard. Crescens' treatise is considered one of the most important works on agriculture, animal husbandry and horticulture of the Middle Ages. It circulated widely in manuscript form before being printed for the first time in Augsburg in 1471 by Johann Schüssler, then translated into several vernacular languages. In France, the only copy of this edition preserved in a public institution is at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (RES-S-283).
BIBLIOGRAPHY: ISTC ic00973000 -- USTC 995538 -- Goff C973 -- Gesamtkatalog 7826 -- edition not by Thiébaud and Schwerdt
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