![CRESCENTIIS, Petrus de (c.1233-c.1320). Opus ruralium commodorum. Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, [between 1477 and 1483]. Chancery 2° (266 x 198mm). Collation: a-n8 o6 aa-kk8 ll6 (a1 blank, a2r prologue, table of contents, a6r text, ll6r colophon, ll6v blank). 195 leaves (of 196, without first blank; ll2,3 reversed in binding). 41 lines. 2- to 6-line initials and paragraph marks in red, yellow capital strokes. 41 lines, double column. Type: 1b:89/90G. (Rubrication sometimes adhering to opposite page with 2 small tears and very occasional loss of letters, upper margins of final 2 quires replaced.) Modern calf tooled in blind to a late medieval style after 1977, single fore-edge clasps. Provenance: a few ms. translations of plant names into Dutch or French -- JOHN EVELYN, index annotated with folio numbers, presumably in his hand (sale Christie's, 23 June 1977, lot 428, to Francis Edwards).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/CSK/2007_CSK_05135_0021_000(013924).jpg?w=1)
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CRESCENTIIS, Petrus de (c.1233-c.1320). Opus ruralium commodorum. Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, [between 1477 and 1483]. Chancery 2° (266 x 198mm). Collation: a-n8 o6 aa-kk8 ll6 (a1 blank, a2r prologue, table of contents, a6r text, ll6r colophon, ll6v blank). 195 leaves (of 196, without first blank; ll2,3 reversed in binding). 41 lines. 2- to 6-line initials and paragraph marks in red, yellow capital strokes. 41 lines, double column. Type: 1b:89/90G. (Rubrication sometimes adhering to opposite page with 2 small tears and very occasional loss of letters, upper margins of final 2 quires replaced.) Modern calf tooled in blind to a late medieval style after 1977, single fore-edge clasps. Provenance: a few ms. translations of plant names into Dutch or French -- JOHN EVELYN, index annotated with folio numbers, presumably in his hand (sale Christie's, 23 June 1977, lot 428, to Francis Edwards).
THIRD EDITION OF THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK ON AGRICULTURE, FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOHN EVELYN, noted authority on various aspects of botany and garden history and author of numerous works on these subjects. The Opus ruralium commodorum deals with all aspects of husbandry and estate management, including hunting, fishing, wine-making, animal maladies, medicinal uses of plants, and the cultivation of cereals, trees and plants. GW 7822; BMC IX, 145; Bod.-Inc. C-479 (a fragment of 5 leaves only); HPT II, 436; Klebs 310.4; Stillwell, Awakening 615; not in BSB-Ink. or Goff.
THIRD EDITION OF THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK ON AGRICULTURE, FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOHN EVELYN, noted authority on various aspects of botany and garden history and author of numerous works on these subjects. The Opus ruralium commodorum deals with all aspects of husbandry and estate management, including hunting, fishing, wine-making, animal maladies, medicinal uses of plants, and the cultivation of cereals, trees and plants. GW 7822; BMC IX, 145; Bod.-Inc. C-479 (a fragment of 5 leaves only); HPT II, 436; Klebs 310.4; Stillwell, Awakening 615; not in BSB-Ink. or Goff.
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