first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, early English ink marginalia, water-stained at foot, a few small stains, 17th century calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, corners worn, head of spine chipped, rubbed, [Adams S1740; Bitting p.146; Hunt 69; Renouard, Estienne, 106:5; Schreiber 134; Simon BB 223; Vicaire 344], 8vo, Paris, Charles Estienne, 1554. *** 'The most complete account of gardening and agriculture in the sixteenth century. There is a long section on vineyards and different species of vines, reprinted from the 1537 edition of Charles Estienne's Vinetum.' (Simon). This collected edition also includes much from Estienne's De nutrimentis, 1550.
first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, early English ink marginalia, water-stained at foot, a few small stains, 17th century calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, corners worn, head of spine chipped, rubbed, [Adams S1740; Bitting p.146; Hunt 69; Renouard, Estienne, 106:5; Schreiber 134; Simon BB 223; Vicaire 344], 8vo, Paris, Charles Estienne, 1554. *** 'The most complete account of gardening and agriculture in the sixteenth century. There is a long section on vineyards and different species of vines, reprinted from the 1537 edition of Charles Estienne's Vinetum.' (Simon). This collected edition also includes much from Estienne's De nutrimentis, 1550.
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