Lot 145
Agriculture.- Gallandius (Petrus, editor.) De Agrorum conditionibus, & constitutionibus limitum, first edition, Paris, Adr. Turnebum, 1554.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Agriculture.- Gallandius (Petrus, editor.) De Agrorum conditionibus, & constitutionibus limitum, first edition, 1 small tipped-in woodcut plate misbound at c2, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text and decorative initials, ink marginalia to first few ff., a few ff. with light water-staining, overall a clean copy, Kimbolton Castle bookplate, contemporary limp vellum, later label to spine, soiled and worn, [Adams G.147; Pettegree 70699; Wellcome 2651], 4to, Paris, Adrianus Turnebus, 1554.
⁂ First edition of this collection of classical texts on agricultural and horticultural surveying. There are a great number of woodcuts of trees. The text is based on a manuscript in the library of Saint-Bertin at St. Omer.
Description
Agriculture.- Gallandius (Petrus, editor.) De Agrorum conditionibus, & constitutionibus limitum, first edition, 1 small tipped-in woodcut plate misbound at c2, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text and decorative initials, ink marginalia to first few ff., a few ff. with light water-staining, overall a clean copy, Kimbolton Castle bookplate, contemporary limp vellum, later label to spine, soiled and worn, [Adams G.147; Pettegree 70699; Wellcome 2651], 4to, Paris, Adrianus Turnebus, 1554.
⁂ First edition of this collection of classical texts on agricultural and horticultural surveying. There are a great number of woodcuts of trees. The text is based on a manuscript in the library of Saint-Bertin at St. Omer.
