Libri de re rustica
Subtitle: M. Catonis lib. I, M. Terentii Varronis lib. III, L. Iunii Moderati Columellae lib. XII, eiusdem De arboribus liber separatus ab alijs, quare autem id factum fuerit, ostenditur in epistola ad lectorem, Palladii lib. XIIII, de duobus dierum generibus simulq[ue] de umbris & horis, quae apud Palladium in alia epistola ad lectorem, Georgij Alexandrini enarrationes priscarum dictionum, quae in his libris Catonis, Varronis, Columellae.
Contributors: Giocondo, Giovanni, ca. 1433-1515.; Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C.; Varro, Marcus Terentius.; Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus.; Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus.; Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515, printer.; Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.; Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress); Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri
Published: 1514
Place of publication: Venetiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Agriculture, Ancient -- Rome -- Early works to 1800; Latin prose literature; Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Rei rusticae scriptores
Notes: LC copy formerly owned by Bruce Rogers; with bookplate of Charles Jacob Stuart.
Adams S-805
The collection was first printed in 1472 and repeatedly thereafter; known by its conventional title "Scriptores rei rusticae."
Edited by Giovanni Giocondo.
Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: *⁸ 2a-2b⁸ 2c¹⁰ a-h⁸ i⁴ k-z⁸, A-Q⁸. 2c10 blank.