Bod-Inc: C-484
Crescentiis, Petrus de
Ruralia commoda [Italian] Il libro della agricultura.
Analysis of Content
a1r Crescentiis, Petrus de: ‘Prohemio'. Addressed to Charles II [of Anjou], King of Jerusalem and Sicily. Incipit: ‘[A]llo exciellentissimo principe . . . Concio sia cosa che io considerassi . . .’
a1r Crescentiis, Petrus de: Ruralia commoda [Italian]: Il libro della agricultura. Incipit: ‘[C]oncio sia cosa che per la uirtu della prudentia . . .’ Trattato della agricoltura, ed. de' Rossi. See Sorbelli, ‘Bibliografia', 331-2.
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[Colophon.]
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[Table.]
Imprint
Imprint: Vicenza: Leonardus Achates de Basilea, 17 Feb. 1490. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–r8 s6 A4. Leaf a2 signed ai, etc.
Illustrations: On a1r a woodcut showing the author writing in front of the dedicatee.
References
ISTC: ic00974000
GW: GW 7827;
Hain: HC (+ Addenda) 5838;
Goff: Goff C‑974;
BMC: BMC VII 1033;
Proctor: Pr 7128;
Others: BSB‑Ink C‑700; Sander 2234; Sheppard 5894.
LCN: 14422649
Copies
Copy number: C-484(1)
Wanting the blank leaf a1, and gathering A containing the table.
Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter green morocco.
Size: 303 × 210 × 25 mm.
Size of leaf: 297 × 199 mm.
On a2r a five-line initial is supplied in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Epigraphic initials are supplied in red or blue.
Provenance: Anonymous sale (London: Hodgson, 22 Oct. 1902), lot 820. Purchased in 1902.
SHELFMARK: Inc. c. I20.1490.1.
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