[Scriptores Rei Rustica:] Cato, Marcus Porcius; Varro, Marcus Terentius; Columella, Junius Moderatus; Palladius, Rutilius Taurus:

De Re Rustica. [...]

      Coloniae [Cologne]: Ioannes Gymnicus excudebat. 1536.. 8vo., pp. [xxxii] 814 [viii]. Intermittent dampstaining to margins and index, some minor spotting, title page dusty and repaired to lower (blank) corner, small wormhole to upper (blank) corner, a little early underlining and marginalia. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, boards with an outside roll containing profiles of Roman authors, the middle panel with fleurons and flowers, and the centre with Biblical scenes, the front central panel also stamped 'P.P.' above and '1546' below, rebacked and recornered in the early 19th-century with a smooth spine divided by gilt rolls, red morocco label in second compartment, the rest filled with a wide diaper pattern in gilt vine rolls with circular gilt stamps in each segment, marbled endpapers, spine head slightly worn. 19th-cent. armorial bookplate of Edward Dalton to upper pastedown, two old inscriptions to title. Red cloth folding case with leather spine label. A Cologne edition of this collection of Roman works on agriculture, incorporating the work of Aldus Manutius and Beroaldus from their earlier editions, in a contemporary binding attributed to the binder A.T., who was based in Saxony between 1540 and 1558. The front central panel incorporates letters 'A' and 'T' on either side of the crucifix in its Crucifixion scene, while the rear central panel incorporates the date 1540 into the stamp of Adam and Eve. The front board is also stamped 'P.P.' and 1546, which match the just-visible initials of one of the inscriptions on the title (dated 1546) which is otherwise faded by a dampmark. P.P. is presumably the original owner, while the reback was likely done by Edward Dalton, L.L.D. F.S.A., of Dunkirk House, who was a member of the Camden Society in the 1830-40s. Adams S815. VD16 L 1580..