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Waesberge: Joannem Janssonium, 1674. Hardcover. Very Good. Early morocco, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands); 8vo (140x190mm); pp. [20] (frontis., title-p., dedication, preface, errata), 360, [60] (index), 328; woodcut and engraved illustrations throughout, plus 3 folding plates. Boards scuffed; joints cracked (but holding just fine); spine tips and corners chipped. Some browning here and there; a little worming here and there, affecting some sidenotes but leaving text largely unscathed); but overall internally nice and clean. Armorial bookplate on front paste-down. Works on agriculture, gardening, rural economy, and more. Brunet, IV, 1194-1195; Graesse, VI, 70; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 02068.

Amsterdam: Apud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge, 1674. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full calf with gilt spine lettering and rules, compartments, inner dentelles. (20pp), 360pp, (58pp index), 328pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, numerous engravings and woodcuts (some full page), head- and tailpieces, marbled endpapers, sewn-in green satin page marker. Very good. Binding gently edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with spine rather darkened; occasional bits of foxing; lacks three foldout plates. Handsome first complete edition of these two back-to-back texts, entirely in Latin, whose title translates "Authors of the Agrarian Matter and Various Laws edited by William Goesius with the Notes and Observations of Nicolaus Rigaltius...." Van der Goes used as a basis the "Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum" (Corpus of Roman Land Surveyors), a Roman Empire text about land surveying that consisted of thirty-three widely varying writings on land surveying and agricultural law that included such authorities as Siculus Flaccus, Hyginus… Read More