Constantini Caesaris selectarum praeceptionum, de agricultura libri uiginti, Iano Cornario medico physico interprete. Addito Indice uberrimo.

8vo: 385-[15] pp. (sl. toned, some minor soiling).

Mod. vellum-covered boards, flat spine, (older) marbled edges. Good copy.

2nd Froben ed. (1st 1538) of a collection of agricultural literature from Antiquity. These "Geoponica" were compiled by Cassianus Bassus, called Scholasticus (6th-7th c.), although they were often attributed to the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV (652-685). Woodcut mark on title, a larger one at the end. Printed in italics.
Ref. VD-16 C-1415. - Adams C-865. - Durling 247. - Ind. Aurel. 133.175. - STC German (BL) 338 ("Geoponica"). - Not in Wellcome.
Prov. Old collector’s stamp on title. - Libr. stamps on endpapers ("Lawes Agricultural Trust").