Friday, November 26, 2010

Palladius' work on agriculture. 1538

PALLADIUS, Rutilus.  Palladio dignissimo & antiquo scrittore della agricultura. 

Venise, Bernardino de Viano de Lexona, 1538.

900 €

8vo (6,2x3,9 inches) of 143 ff., [9] ff. (page 89 is missing).  illustration: Large woodcut on title page.  binding: Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine in three compartments with raised bands.  Binding a little rubbed, end paper have been changed.

Early Italian edition of Palladius' work on agriculture.
Rare in it's contemporary binding comming probably from Venice.

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