Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius, Quibus Nunc Accedit Vegetius De Mulo Medicina, Et Gargilii Martialis Fragmentum.

Gesner, Johann Matthias (1691-1761) and Marcus Porcius Cato

Published by Sumptibus Caspari Fritsch; Caspar Fritsch, Leipzig; Lipsiae, 1735

About this Item

4to 11" - 13" tall; 1316 pages; Caspar Fritsch, Leipzig. Handsomely bound in contemporary full vellum with brown morocco title labels to spine. Folding frontis copperplate and 4 folding copperplate engraved plates. Vol I: [10], LVI, 858 p. ; Vol II : [10], p. 859-1316, 159 p. Mounted to the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of Thomas Falconer with four lozenges below the shield indicating earlier Falconer lineage; below this is mounted a later bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason. Snugly bound in bright clean vellum with just mild shelf rub to extremities. Almost imperceptible to the base of the spines are the impressions of a library catalogue numbers, though there are no library attachments or stamps, only a small 5 character number stamp on the versos of the title pages. Expected but mild scattered foxing; brown totning to the pages around the text block of most of the text. A handsome and well preserved example. VG+ . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

Seller Inventory # 26140

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius, Quibus Nunc Accedit Vegetius De Mulo Medicina, Et Gargilii Martialis Fragmentum.
• Publisher: Sumptibus Caspari Fritsch; Caspar Fritsch, Leipzig; Lipsiae
• Publication Date: 1735
• Binding: Vellum
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, History of
  • Agriculture and Farming
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