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Agriculture.- Cato (Marcus Porcius), Varro, Columella and Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae, edited by Philippus Beroaldus after Georgius Merula and Franciscus Colucia, collation: aa a6 b-i8 k4 l-y8 z4 &6 [con] [rum]8 A-K6 L4 M6, 271 ff. (of 272, lacking first f. with title and dedication), 41 lines and headline, Roman type, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device to foot M6r, p8 extensive ink marginalia in an old hand, first 11 ff. repaired in upper outer margin, aa5 and final f. loose, some wormholes within text, stained, some marginal foxing, later vellum, yapp edges, ink number 17 to upper cover, rubbed, folio (307 x 201mm.), Reggio Emilia, Dionysius Bertochus, 18 September, 1496 ⁂ Fourth edition of these classical Roman texts on agriculture. This is the first book printed at Reggio Emilia by the Bolognese printer Dionysius Bertochus. Includes the cultivation of vines and olives, beekeeping and husbandry Literature: BMC VII 1090; Bod-Inc S-125; Goff S-349; HC 14569*; GW M41055.