Details
Scriptores rei rustica. Edited by Philippus Beroaldus, after Merula and Colucia. Reggio Emilia: Dionysius Bertochus, 18 September 1496. 2° (282 x 184 mm). Collation as BMC. 270 (of 272, lacking q4.5) leaves. 41 lines and headline, printed shoulder notes, roman type, some Greek. Woodcut white-on-black and vine-work initials. (Title browned, some staining and spotting, last leaf browned with repaired marginal tear.) 18th-century blindtooled calf, gilt spine, green edges (spine worn, joints repaired). Provenance: [Sotheby's, 5 November 1990, lot 898] -- Dr. Detlef Mauss (modern blindstamp). Fourth edition, the first book printed by Dionysius at Reggio Emilia. HC *14569; BMC VII, 1090; Goff S-349.
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