SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE. Libri de re rustica (ed. Piero Vettori). Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543. 3 vols. in 2, 8vo, 172 x 112 mm., sixteenth-century calf, covers sparingly ruled in blind, gilt arabesque medallions in center of each cover, unlettered spines with one paper spine label, edges stained red, hinges very slightly cracked, top of one spine chipped, otherwise an tall, attractive set. FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION and the first complete text to be printed in Robert Estienne's new italic type cut by Claude Garamond, Estienne's woodcut device (Schreiber 7) on 3 titlepages, small woodcut diagrams in part 1. Adams E817 (vol.2 only); Hunt 49; Harvard/Mortimer, French 489. Mortimer II, 489; Renouard Etienne, p.55, no.2; Schreiber 70a & b.