[Scriptores rei rusticae] Libri de re rustica, Paris, 1533, contemporary vellum

SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE. Libri De re rustica, M. Catonis Marci Terentii Varronis, L. Junii Moderati Columellae, Palladii Rutilii, quorum summam pagina sequenti reperies. Paris: Antoine Augereau for Jean Petit, February 1533 (=1534 n.s.) 

A rare Parisian edition of the writings of the Latin agronomists known as the Scriptores rei rusticae: Cato, Columella, Palladius, and Varro.

Folio (332 x 216 mm). Roman and occasional Greek type, 45 lines plus headline. Collation: A⁶ B-C⁸ a⁶ [2]a-z⁸ A-G⁸ H¹⁰: 277 of 278 leaves (lacking final blank). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut diagrams, initial spaces. (Marginal dampstaining, small ink stains to [2]a3, i3, m4, t8v, A6r, E3r and E5, marginal worming to [2]a2-b3, 1mm hole to foot of H1, worming to G4-endpaper slightly affecting text.)

Binding: Contemporary vellum (334 x 233 mm) with fore-edge flaps, flat spine with traces of manuscript title, 7 cords piercing spine, plain edges. (Binding damaged and heavily restored.)

Provenance: Unidentified Jesuit College, possibly Passau, inked-over ownership inscription to title-page "Collegii Patav.(?) Soc: Jesu". Acquisition: Purchased in 2018 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. References: USTC 187048