COLERUS, Johannis

"Oeconomiae, or The Household Manual: Part Three and Part Four"

"Part Three: Covering Agriculture—Part Four. In which the following are described and discussed: livestock breeding—namely, horses, oxen, cows, sheep, goats, pigs, etc.—as well as domestic animals such as dogs and cats, etc., and various types of poultry, including swans, peacocks, pheasants, geese, ducks, chickens, Calicut chickens and common varieties, pigeons, bees, and the like ... how to raise them ...".

Printed in Wittenberg by Mr. Georg Müller, published by Paul Helwig, bookkeeper there. 1597/1598. 19 x 15 cm.

2 parts (of 5) in one volume. Divided into Books 8–13, with two two-color title woodcuts, a printer’s mark, and two additional woodcuts depicting a leaping bull and a smoke pot for bees. Pages unnumbered, 390 leaves. Leather binding with colored edges, in very good condition for its age. Approx. 13 leaves with an old ink stain, no loss of text.

Rare. See also VD16 ZV 25105 and ZV 27331.