Le bon mesnaiger
Subtitle: au present volume des proffitz cha[m]pestres & ruraulx est traicte du labour des cha[m]ps, vignes, jardins, arbres de tous especes : de leur nature & bonte, de la nature & vertu des herbes, de la maniere de nourrir toutes bestes, volailles et oyseaulx de proye : pareillement la maniere de prendre toutes bestes sauluages, poissons et oyseaulx : oeuure moult utile et proffitable
By: ledit liure compile par Pierre des Crescens iadis bourgeoys de Boulongne la Grasse ; nouuellement corrige, veu & amende sur les vieilz originaulx au par auant imprimez : audit liure est adiouste oultre les precedentes impressions, la maniere de enter, planter et nourrir tous arbres, selon le iugement de maistre Gorgole de Corne
Contributors: L'Angelier, Charles, -1563, bookseller; Caveiller, Étienne, -1543, printer
Published: 1540
Language: fre
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Agriculture
Work titles: Ruralia commoda
Notes: Signatures: a⁶ A-X⁶ 2A-2H⁶.

French translation of Opus ruralium commodorum, first dated edition of which was printed in 1471 at Augsburg.

Printer from colophon.

Leaves printed on both sides.

Last page blank.

Printed in double columns.

Title printed in red and black; woodcut initials; head pieces.

Moreau 1701

Gift of Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky.

Binding: modern goatskin; boards tooled in gilt with a swirling ornamental design; spine gilt with five raised bands; goatskin doublure; turn-ins gilt, top edge gilt; housed in marbled paper folder and box; Anne Willan's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper; armorial bookplate with motto "Cave Muscam Pungit" and ex libris of Kilian Fritsch on second front free endpaper.

Library's copy has ink annotation on title page.