Crescenzi, Pietro de'

ca. 1233-ca. 1320

[Ruralia commoda. Latin]

De omnibus agriculturae partibus, & de plantarum animaliumq[ue] natura & utilitate lib. XII. : non minus philosophiae & medicinae, quam oeconomiae, agricolationis, pastionumq[ue] studiosis utiles.

Per longo rerum usu exercitatum optimum agricolam & philosophum Petrum Crescentiensem principem Reipub. Bononiensis, probata fide & doctrina conscripti ad Carolum Sicile regem, ante an. CXXX. ad autoris tempo rescripta exemplaria denuo collati & emendati. Basileae: Per Henrichum Petri, 1548. Second Petri ed. --Cf. Hunt 58. References: Hunt 58. Includes index.

Ruralia commoda was written by Crescenti in the 1300's and in 1471 became the first printed book on agriculture. This is the second edition by Petri. "Woodcuts finely cut."

Subjects: Agriculture.

PAT-110


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