Cassianus Bassus. Lot n° 81

[The Veldtbaw, od(er) das buoch von der Veldtarbeyt ... a thousand years ago ... in Greek language, un(d) nachmals ... durch D. Michael Herre(n) into German language for the first time. But now ... with special diligence from new again uberlesen, corrigiert, gemehret, un(d) in vil places trefflichen gebesserte]. Strasbourg, Emmel, 1554. cl.-8°. Bl. IV-CCVVVI, [17] pp. Later half-leather binding (rubbed and bumped, spine somewhat worm-marked). VD16 ZV 15824 - cf. Horn-Arndt 28th - Without title and the first two leaves. - One of the earliest agricultural manuals in German. It is a greatly expanded and modernized translation of the "Geoponika". Covers, among other things, vine and wine cultivation, and also bee, fish and horse breeding. - Translated by Michael Herr, a trained physician who, after his studies, worked mainly as a writer and translator.- Moisture stain throughout the upper third, worm traces in the margins, partly backed.