Johann Coler - [Reliure Peau de truie] - Calendarium perpetuum & sex libri œconomici - 1622-1623

COLER (Johann)

Calendarium perpetuum & six libri œconomici.

Wittemberg, Paul Helwigs, 1622-1623.

Two parts in one large folio volume (31.4 x 19 cm), pigskin on boards (binding of the period), boards stamped with roulettes and monastic fleurons in blind, spine with raised bands, manuscript title, clasps, [6] leaves, 272 (of 276) pages, [12] leaves– [4] leaves, 1164 pages (mis-numbered 1187), [25] leaves.
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Printed in Gothic and Roman types, in two columns.
Portraits of Jacob and Johann Coler and a very large number of figures in the text, all wood-engraved.

The figures represent plants, animals, rural scenes, and domestic economy.

The Calendarium perpetuum of Johann Coler was first published in 1591.

Rare copy.