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RUSTICA. 1953. N°13
Rustica.
Non Renseigné. 29 mars 1953. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur bon état. Non Renseigné. . . . Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes
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"Illustré en couleurs : Comment on cultive la Poirée ou ""Bette"" - Arbre à bois très dur : Le cormier Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes"
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Libri De Re Rustica a Nicolao Angelio viro consumatissimo nuper maxima diligentia recogniti & typis excusi, cum indice & expositione omnium dictionum. Catonis, Varronis, Columellae, Palladii quae aliqua enucleatione indigebant. Additis nuper commentariis Iunii Pompo. Fortunati in librum De cultu hortorum, cum adnotationibus Philippi Beroaldi.
N.pl.(Florence), n.d. (Colophon at the end: 'Florentiae per heredes Philippi Iuntae, Anno Domini 1521, Die XXVIII. Mensis Septembris'), 1521.
4to in 8s. 2 parts in 1 volume: (XX),218 (recte 222);125 leaves. 19th century half vellum 22 cm. (Ref: Edit 16 28760; Schweiger 2,1305/06; Renouard, 'Annales des Imprimeries des Alde', 'Notice sur la famille des Iunte', p. XLVI; Adams S807; Ebert 20736; Brunet 5,246; Graesse 6/1,331) (Details: 19th century binding, with short title on the back and marbled boards. Good quality white paper. Some text diagrams. Iunta's printer's device on the verso of the last leaf) (Condition: Some wear to the extremities. Small wormhole in the right upper corner of the first leaf. Old ownership entry below the printer's device. Small booklabel on front pastedown. A small pinpoint wormhole in the upper margin of the last 8 leaves, pinpoint wormhole in the inner margins of the gatherings l and m. Some old ink underlinings, 2 old ink annotations. Small rust hole in the upper corner of leaf 175. Some slight foxing and soiling of the paper. Small stain in the upper margins of 2 gatherings. The gatherings collate correctly. The page numbering of the second part has some irregularities, but is alltogether correct) (Note: This Italian edition of the Libri de Re Rustica, first published by Philip Junta in Florence in 1515, gives us the works of four Roman gentlemen-farmers and landowners, Cato, Varro, Columella and Palladius, who wrote about agriculture and were also successful practical farmers. As a cultural movement the Italian Renaissance was the product of the aristocracy and the ruling elite. The greater part of the populace were still rural peasants. Most of them worked on private farms or were tenants who shared the crops with their landowners. The urban elite of this time turned themselves into landed aristocracy, owning large villa-farms. Capital produced by commercial and trading activities was invested in land. 'It was particularly in the Florence area that this bourgeois colonization of the surrounding countryside coincided with the development of a trading economy'. (G. Gobbi Sicap, 'The Florentine Villa: Architecture History Society', Abingdon, New York 2007, p. 11) Land, and a house in the country lent prestige. 'A landlord of this period who had entrusted his property to a share-cropper frequently visited his lands and oversaw every activity that took place, keeping an eye on the stables and cellars and taking charge of the sale of the produce; he thus appeared to participate fully in farming life' (Idem, p. 14) Thus the residential extra-urban villas of the 'signori' became 'of central importance to the development of the newly-dawning Renaissance culture' (Idem, p. 15) The rediscovery of classical authors in the early days of humanism provided important confirmation of these aspirations. 'The 'Rei rusticae scriptores' who now took the stage - including the Romans, Cato, Varro, Columella, the 'rusticus' Palladio, (... ) provided further food for thought, adding value to the literary notion of a house in the country as a refuge, corresponding to the classical 'topos' of the joys of country life, and the practical and educational concept of farming as the purpose and 'magistra of life'. The ideology of the paired words 'utilitas-delectatio', a humanist concept, dates back to classical times and appears in the works of the most authoritative Latin writers, including Cicero, Seneca and Pliny'. (Idem, p. 19) The aim of Cato, Varro and Columella was to bring Roman farming of their time on a higher level. The conjunction of these three didactic texts can be found from the Middle Ages. They were jointly published for the first time in 1472 in Venice, and form the chief texts on agriculture and rural life in antiquity. The oldest of the trio is the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 B.C., the source of famous maxims for orators, like 'rem tene, verba sequentur'. In style and in character he was a typical farmer, shrewd, hardworking, frugal, honest, sincere, but limited. His 'De re rustica', also known as 'De agri cultura' is a kind of commonplace book. It gives us a view of the life of an oldfashioned landowner in that age, and offers information on Roman cult and rustic folklore. The second work was written by possibly the greatest scholar Rome produced, Marcus Terentius Varro, 116-27 B.C. Of the mass of works he wrote only one is preserved to us completely, 'De re rustica'. He was a landowner on a large scale, who wrote the book in his eightieth year (annus octogesimus), he tells us in the beginning, 'ut sarcinas colligam ante quam profiscar e vita'. It is a philosophic dialogue in 3 books, in which he gives sound and practical advice for managing a farm (I), a stock-ranch (II), poultry, aviary and herb-garden (III). 'While giving interesting information on the state of agriculture at that time, it is withal a pleasantly discursive book, the work of a garrulously entertaining old scholar' (H.J. Rose, 'A Handbook of Latin Literature', London 1967, p. 222). Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella was a contemporary of Seneca. He wrote his 'De re rustica', consisting of 12 books, ca. 60-65 A.D. He was a practical farmer on a large scale, who was concerned over the decline of the agriculture in his days. 'Book 1 deals with general matters of buildings and labour, 2 with soils and crops, 3-5 with vines, olives and fruittrees, 6-7 with domestic animals, 8 with poultry and fishponds, 9 with game and bees, 10 (in verse) with gardening, 11 with the bailiff's duties and the farmer's calendar, 12 with the bailiff's wife's duties'. (OCD 2nd ed. p. 268) A separate book on arboriculture, part of a larger work, survives too. His style is straitforward and pleasant. The late antique Roman author Palladius (ca. 400), who also seems to have been a landowner, produced a kind of abridgment of Columella. The texts of these four were edited, we are told in the preface, by the Florentine classical scholar Nicolaus Angelius Buccinensis (Niccolò degli Angeli, or Angelio Bucinense, or Bucinensis) who produced many editions for Giunta, e.g. of Plautus, Terentius and Nemensianus. Nicolò degli Angeli was professor of Latin & Greek in Florence. ('vir de utraque lingua benemeritus' (p. AA1 verso)) He was born in Bucine in 1448 and died ca. 1529) (Provenance: The provenance of this book is dealt with in a longer article than usual, because it sheds some light on the English booktrade in the first half of the 20th century, and on the history of a Russian refugee family. The search for information about previous owners often brings the antiquarian bookseller to unexpected places, in this case to a beautiful portrait of a young woman, a masterpiece of the Russian painter Kardovsky. And it sometimes occurs that the offspring of a former owner kindly offers to provide supplementary information. On the front pastedown of this book has been pasted a booklabel in Russian and in English: 'ex libris Boris Alexandrovitch Chroustchoff'. In the 'Guggenheim Museum collection: paintings, 1880-1945' we found at first the following concerning the provenance of a painting of the mother of Boris Alexandrovitich Chroustchoff, Marya Anastasievna Chroustchova, made by the Russian painter Dimitry Kardovsky (1900): 'Biographical information (...) is fragmentary. According to their son, the late Boris Chroustchoff, who was in correspondence with J. J. Sweeney in 1959-60, his parents owned a large estate in southern Russia as well as a house in Munich and one in St. Prex near Geneva. (...) Boris Chroustchoff adds that his father was 'a very great friend of Kandinsky and other members of the Blaue Reiter school (especially Javlensky). Both Kandinsky and Javlensky often used to stay with us in the Ukraine, and were constant visitors when we lived in Munich. Our house was always full of painters, who found a very good subject in my mother. In fact Javlensky painted a very fine portrait of her in a red dress which has now disappeared' (letters of December 27, 1959, and January 10, 1960). (The attribution to Javlensky is incorrect. It was Kardovsky) Marya Anastasievna and Alexander were separated in 1901. She returned to Russia with her daughter, who died soon afterwards, and Marya herself apparently perished during the Revolution. Alexander remained in Western Europe with his son Boris and they moved to England. (...) Boris' 'father Alexander took the portrait with him to England, where it hung in their house in Harrow-on-the-Hill until 1908, when it apparently disappeared (correspondence with the Museum, 1960). Whether it was actually stolen, or whether it was sold remains to be established. Boris Chroustchoff has since died, and further information has not hitherto been discovered'. A few years ago we received supplementary information about the owner of this book and about the painting of Kardovsky, from the daughter of Boris Chroustchoff, Natasha de Chroustchoff, who is living in Great Britain. She wrote us that Boris Chroustchoff (1892-1968), 'was a very interesting but elusive man whose name can be found mentioned en passant in the lives of others with stronger claims to fame'. His father Alexander sent him to an English public school (Harrow) in 1906. He also bought a house in the vicinity of the school where the portrait of Marya Anastasievna Chroustchova hung on the stairs. After Boris left school in 1909 he lost sight of the painting of his mother. After his studies Boris learned the trade from the wellknown London bookseller Irving Davis and the Italian bookseller Guiseppe (Pino) Orioli, who set up a bookshop, 'Davis & Orioli' in Museum Street in 1913. Davis died in 1967. Orioli had learned in his turn the trade from the notorious antiquarian bookseller Voynich (of the famous Voynich Manuscript). 'In the early 1920s Boris with his friend and business partner Lionel Jellinek opened the Salamander Bookshop in Silverstreet (now Barter Street) in Bloomsbury, London', Natasha informs us. The shop was named after the Croustchoff family crest. Young Boris was the bibliographic expert. 'He specialised in medicine, natural history, cookery and Russica with a particular interest in incunabulae'. Natasha writes, 'I believe they did pretty well until the Wall Street crash of 1929'. 'There are stories about the rather eccentric manner in which my father conducted his affairs: snatching a book out of a potential customer's hand because he didn't like the look of him and so on'. Boris compiled for his own bookshop 5 catalogues which were considered exemplary. The painting of his mother popped up in the Guggenheim Museum, that acquired it from the German art dealer Otto Stangl in 1950. In 1999 Nathasha was allowed to see the painting in the Guggenheim Museum, where it was held in depot. In May 2015 Sotheby's in New York auctioned this painting. It was sold, with the incomprehensible wisdom of the Museum, to benefit the Museums' acquisition fund. Its location now cannot be traced. (sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.86.html/2015/impressionist-modern-art-n09354) (See for this portrait also Wikipedia's article on Kardovsky) Under printer's device in old ink: 'A Fabii Astinea'. On the pastedown also the name of the next owner 'V.E. Watts'. One V.E. Watts produced a Penguin translation of Boethius, 'The Consolation of Philosophy') (Collation: AA-8, BB-12; a - z-8, &-8, ?-8, R-8; Aa-8, Bb-6, A-10, B - O-8, P-12; pagination: (20),218; 1-20, 235-238 (4 leaves), 24-34, 249-254 & 215-216 (2 leaves), 43-76, 291-294 (4 leaves), 81-125) (For 4to in 8s, see Gaskell p. 106)) (Photographs on request)
Methodus rustica Catonis atq. Varronis praeceptis aphoristicis per locos communes digestis a Theodoro Zvingero typice delineata & illustrata.
Basel (Basileae), Petri Pernae opera atque impensa, n.d. (1567).
8vo. (XXIV),494,(2 blank),(22 index) p. Overlapping vellum 19 cm (Ref: VD16 C 1580; Schweiger 2,75) (Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Woodcut printer's mark on the title: a woman holding a oil lamp, motto: 'Verbum tuum lucerna pedibus meis'. (Psalm 119 verse 105) Occasional woodcut initials) (Condition: Vellum soiled and wrinkled. Small hole in the back and in the upper board. Front endpapers renewed in 19th century. 19th century annotations concerning Zwinger, Cato & Varro on the front pastedown and recto of the front flyleaf. Title slightly soiled. Small fold in right lower corner of the title. Small stain at the bottom of the title) (Note: Theodor Zwinger, 1533-1588, or Theodorus Zuingerus, also spelled as Zwingerus, or Zvingerus, was of humble descent. He studied philosophy in Paris under Petrus Ramus. Supported by the printer/bookdealer Perna he later went to Padua, where he studied medicin for 6 years. After his promotion in 1559 he returned to his hometown Basel, and was appointed professor of Greek and Moral philosophy. In 1580 he became also professor of Medicin. He is best known for his editions of the Nicomachean Ethics of the Greek philosopher Aristotle, which he published in 1566 & 1588. (Griechischer Geist aus Basler Pressen, no. 127 and 128) He produced also a kind of encyclopedia which was much admired in his time, 'Theatrum vitae humanae', Basel 1565. As a physician and logician he published his thoughts about the agricultural works of the Roman authors Cato (234-149 B.C.) and Varro (116-27 B.C). He tries to analyse their opinions, and show their structures in systematic tables, like he had previously done with Aristotle. At the end he publishes texts of Cato and Varro on agriculture, a fact that escaped many bibliographers. In vol. 1, p. CXXXIX of the Biponti edition of the 'Scriptores Rei Rusticae' edited by J.M. Gesner, 1671-1761, it is stated that the text of Cato follows the edition of P. Victorius (1543), and the text of Varro is that of J.J. Scaliger, 1565) (For Zwinger see ADB 45,543/4, where this title is omitted. It is however mentioned in Zedler 64,862/4) Famine (with war and the plague) was a great problem in Italy, France, England and Germany during the first half of the 16th century. There were serious food shortages and outbreaks of disease in the 1520th and 1530th. This scourge reached its peak in the crisis of 1545/46 which was perhaps the most terrible year in the history of 16th century Paris. Many thousands died of hunger. This period is marked by a dramatic fall in living standards. The gravity of the situation began to be reflected in the medical and agricultural literature of that time: how to avoid disease and preserve health in times of dearth on a poor diet of gruel, bread, broth and beer. The French humanist schoolmaster Robert Breton, whose ideas were heavily coloured by classical influences, published in 1539 his Agriculturae encomium, in which he emphasized the need to combine theoretical and practical learning in agriculture. 'The food produced in the countryside, he pointed out, was absolutely essential to the existence of the towns and the state itself'. (H. Heller, Labour, science and technology in France, Cambr. 1996, p. 66) Food, especially grain, was not only scarce because of the ignorance and poverty of the peasantry, but also because of warfare. Towards the middle of this century the provision of an adequate food supply became urgent. 'Beyond assuring the subsistence of the population, it as critical to maintaining the momentum of the burgeoning manufacturing sector of the economy. Sustaining profit margins in industry depended on controling wages. Relatively low wages were only possible if the cost of grain (...) could be contained. As a result, one notes a growing preoccupation with agriculture among humanist authors'. (Op. cit. p. 65) Between 1529 and 1550 eight Latin editions of the works of Cato, Varro, Columella and Palladius were published in Paris and Lyon. The result was also a flood of publications on food and crops, and suggestions for the development of agriculture on a more rational basis. The basis for reform was laid by Roman gentlemen-farmers and landowners like Cato and Varro, who wrote about agriculture, and who were also successful practical farmers. Their aim was to bring Roman farming on a higher level. Their works on agriculture are among the chief texts on agriculture and rural life in antiquity. The oldest is the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 B.C., the source of famous maxims for orators, like rem tene, verba sequentur, and that an orator is a vir bonus dicendi peritus. 'He distinguished himself for fearless and ruthless attacks on those whose way of life did not agree with his own somewhat old-fashioned and puritanical morality'. (H.J. Rose, A Handbook of Latin Literature, London 1967, p. 91) In style and in character he was a typical farmer, shrewd, hardworking, frugal, honest, sincere, but limited. His De re rustica, also known as De agri cultura is a kind of commonplace book. It gives us a view of the life of an oldfashioned landowner in that age, and offers information on Roman cult and rustic folklore. The second work was written by possibly the greatest scholar Rome produced, Marcus Terentius Varro, 116-27 B.C. Of the mass of works he wrote only one is preserved to us completely, De re rustica, and further more parts and fragments of some others. He was a landowner on a large scale, who wrote De re rustica in his eightieth year (annus octogesimus), he tells us in the beginning, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam profiscar e vita. It is a philosophic dialogue in 3 books, in which he gives sound and practical advice for managing a farm (I), a stock-ranch (II), poultry, aviary and herb-garden (III). 'While giving interesting information on the state of agriculture at that time, it is withal a pleasantly discursive book, the work of a garrulously entertaining old scholar' (H.J. Rose, A Handbook of Latin Literature, London 1967, p. 222) The texts of Cato, Varro and Columella were edited by Piero Vettori, or Petrus Victorius, 1499-1585, the foremost representative of classical scholarship in Italy during the 16th century, which may well be called the Saeculum Victorianum. (J.E. Sandys, A history of classical scholarship, N.Y., 1964, p. 135) With his publication in 1541 begins for the Scriptores De re rustica, according to J.M. Gesner in his Biponti-edition of 1787, a new era, the Aetas Victoriana. Vettori, whom Fabricius/Ernsti calls the 'saviour' (sospitator) of the genre, concentrated himself with the help of old manuscripts, and his own wit, especially on Cato and Varro) (Collation: alfa8, beta4, a-z8 (leaves s7 and s8 blank), A-I8, K4 (minus leaf K4)) (Photographs on request)
Rustica. 1950 : 23e année. N° 6. Journal universel de la campagne.
Couverture souple. Hebdomadaire. 18 à 24 pages.
Périodique. En couverture : Le rosier Soleil de Rustica. Rustica, 5 février 1950.
Rustica.
Non Renseigné. 21-27 Février 1996. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Non Renseigné. . . . Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes
Spécial Lune : Semez, plantez, taillez en fonction des phases de la Lune - Salades, carottes, radis sous abri - L'effet boule de neige - Mariages au verger - Evitez les coups de foudre - Recettes autour de la carotte - Le Salon de l'agriculture - La reine du camembert - Peut-on encore élever un mouton... - Les hommes écureils - Les pionnier de la terre : quatre paris réussis - Terroir de Midi-Pyrénées : le causse de Martel. Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes
Rustica.
Non Renseigné. 2 janvier 1985. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Non Renseigné. . . . Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes
Illustré en couleurs : La maison de Rustica, cordons, tringles et rubans prennent du galon - Les nouvelles couleurs du blanc - La galette Rustica - Leçons de sols Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes
