Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, De agricultura [Book I-Book XI, Chapter 11]
De agricultura [Book I-Book XI, Chapter 11]. Written in a semi-current humanistic script, 33 lines to a page. F. 1r Incipit liber Palladii Rutuli [sic] tauri emiliani Viri Illustris opus agriculture. Incipit titulus / libri primi. / De preceptis rei rustice. / ... 52v (End) ... Nunc plante cardui ponuntur quas cum ponemus radices earum / summas ferro resecamus. Ff. 53r-55r Receipts: technical receipts for making colours, household receipts, a few in Italian. On f. 55r two medical receipts, one 'Contra vertiginem' and the other regarding 'Litargia'. The text of De agricultura ends at Book XI, Chapter 11, line 8 of Cabaret-Dupaty's edition, Paris 1844, page 350.
1 volume 55 ll. folio. 30 x 28 cm. 19th cent. quarter morocco binding. First two leaves slightly frayed in the margins.
Agriculture; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Medicine, Traditional; Dyes
Purchased at Sotheby's 2/3/1899, Lot 1334.
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Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, 'De agricultura [Book I-Book XI, Chapter 11]'
Technical, household and medical receipts