PRAEDIUM RUSTICUM
Published by Apud Carolum Stephanum, Lutetiae, 1554
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
AbeBooks seller since March 21, 2000
Condition: Used
£ 5,438.14
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178 x 114 mm. (7 x 4 1/2"). 648 pp., [24] leaves. FINE PERIOD FRENCH CALF, covers with blind-ruled borders and attractive gilt chain roll frame with fleuron cornerpieces pointing obliquely outward, ornate central arabesque, raised bands flanked by plain gilt rules, spine panels with small gilt fleuron, apparently original green morocco label. Title page with printer's device. Front pastedown with bookplate of the Cholmondeley Library. Renouard 106:5; Schreiber 134; Hunt 69; Pritzel 2746; Simon 223; STC French, p. 155. ◆A little wear to joints and extremities (three corners rubbed, one of them with loss of its leather tip, half-inch cracks at head of the joints, shallow chip out of top of backstrip), title page with a hint of soiling, isolated minor marginal spots or smudges elsewhere in the text, but still A LOVELY CONTEMPORARY COPY with ample margins, the binding solid and without any serious condition problems, and VERY FINE INTERNALLY, the text unusually fresh, clean, smooth, and bright. As Schreiber says, our volume contains the "first edition of this collection which represents the most complete account of agriculture and horticulture in the 16th century." The seven works it includes were intended for an audience of young persons and readers having little experience with plants and gardens. "De re Hortensi Libellus" ["A Little Book on Gardening"] undertakes to teach children the Latin names of plants and trees (French terms are also included) and how to identify them; "Seminarivm, et Plantarivm Fructiferarum," also for children, covers fruit trees and planting from seeds; "Sylva, Frutetum, Collis," a continuation of the previous work, covers other categories of trees as well as herbs and spice bushes; "Arbustum, Fonticvlvs, Spinetvm," for the amateur gardener and landscapist, discusses shrubs, water plants, and thorn hedges; "Pratum, Lacvs, Arundinetum" treats of fields, lakes, and reedy plants; "Ager" covers fields and grains in much the same way as the "Pratum"; and "Vinetum" is a children's book on wine growing, first published in 1537. In addition to writing on botany and agriculture, Charles Estienne (1504-64) was a physician and the author of medical works. He was also the head of the celebrated Estienne family publishing business from 1551-61, but the house did not prosper under his direction, and he died in debtors' prison. The binding here seems as if it could have come from the library of a scholar who wanted attractive books sturdily bound. The fact that the volume's structural integrity and visual appeal have both lasted far longer than the original owner is something to be particularly glad about in the present day.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- PRAEDIUM RUSTICUM
- Author
- (ESTIENNE IMPRINT). STEPHANUS, CAROLUS [ESTIENNE, CHARLES]
- Publisher
- Apud Carolum Stephanum, Lutetiae
- Publication year
- 1554
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION of this Collection.
- Seller catalogs
- Bindings - before 1700, Botany, Gardening, & Agriculture, Continental Books - 16th century
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