LIBRI DE RE RVSTICA

Books on Agriculture


M. CATO	BOOK I
M. TERENTIUS VARRO	BOOK III
L. JUNIUS MODERATUS COLUMELLA	BOOK XII

A separate book by the same author on trees, apart from the others; the reason why this was done is shown in the letter to the reader.


PALLADIUS	BOOK XIV

On the two types of days: and likewise on shadows and hours, which are among those of Palladius, in another letter to the reader.

The annotations of Georgius Alexandrinus on the archaic terms found in these books of Cato, Varro, and Columella.

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