CATON l'Ancien: LIBRI de Rerusticam Catonis...Paris, Galeotu - Lot 100

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CATON l'Ancien: LIBRI de Rerusticam Catonis...Paris, Galeotu - Lot 100
CATON l'Ancien: LIBRI de Rerusticam Catonis...Paris, Galeotum, 1533. In-folio full brown morocco, spines and plates decorated with imitation, case (rel. Pastiche signed Lobstein-Laurenchet). Illustrated with wood engraved in the text. Edited by Robert Estienne, these texts deal with the cultivation of fields and gardens, bee-keeping, fishing, rural economy, cooking recipes, medicine. The only work by Cato to have reached us in its entirety, the De agricultura deals with the themes of cereal cultivation, viticulture, arboriculture, and horticulture; the text also deals with the obligations of the farmer, pastry, medical wines, and the treatment of dislocations and fractures. From the Kilian Fritsch Library.
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