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GEOPONICA. Constantini Caesaris selectarum praeceptionum, de agricultura libri viginti, Iano Cornario medico physico interprete, Basel: Froben, 1538. 8, Froben's serpent device on title and verso of colophon leaf, 19th-century light brown morocco, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Janus Cornarius's Latin translation of the Geoponica, reprinted from the Venice edition of the same year. The Geoponica were encylopedic excerpts undertaken on the instructions of the Emperor Constantine VII, and based upon the older compilation of Cassius Brutus. Petit 1064; cf. Brunet II, 1539. This edition of the Geoponica is sold with 3 others as follows:
Another Latin edition. Basel: Froben, 1540. 8 (lightly browned), 18th-century vellum (slightly soiled). Provenance: Extensive 16th century annotations; manuscript note indicating Jesuit library. Petit 1065 -- Another Latin edition. Lyon: Sebastianus Gryphius, 1541. 8 (title slightly soiled, some marginal stains), contemporary calf (rubbed, old repairs to corners and hinges). Provenance: Doultrement (17th-century signature on title); Lasteyrie (19th-century economist, with his stamp). Durling 2051 -- Another edition, in French. Paris: Gilles Corrozet, 1550. 8 (some browning), late 16th-century calf (scuffed and stained). Provenance: Huzard (library stamp); Petit 1066. (4)
Another Latin edition. Basel: Froben, 1540. 8 (lightly browned), 18th-century vellum (slightly soiled). Provenance: Extensive 16th century annotations; manuscript note indicating Jesuit library. Petit 1065 -- Another Latin edition. Lyon: Sebastianus Gryphius, 1541. 8 (title slightly soiled, some marginal stains), contemporary calf (rubbed, old repairs to corners and hinges). Provenance: Doultrement (17th-century signature on title); Lasteyrie (19th-century economist, with his stamp). Durling 2051 -- Another edition, in French. Paris: Gilles Corrozet, 1550. 8 (some browning), late 16th-century calf (scuffed and stained). Provenance: Huzard (library stamp); Petit 1066. (4)