Books attributed to the authors of Libri De Re Rustica found in the PLRE.Folger Database

The languages in which the books attributed to the authors of Libri De Re Rustica were printed, found in the PLRE.

There were fifteen identified books in the PLRE.Folger database attributed to at least one of the authors of the Libri De Re Rustica. All copies in the database were printed in Latin.

The distribution of close matches, similar matches, and different works present within PLRE.Libraries relating to Libri De Re Rustica, in a pie chart.

There were five close matches identified, seven similar matches, and three different works by one of the contributing authors. The nature of this work being a compilation means that its presence on booklists is harder to ascertain. Oftentimes booklists were not completed with close attention to detail so works that compiled multiple authors were often listed as just the title of the work and the name of the first author.

The makeup of personal identifiers assigned to owners of books attributed to Libri De Re Rustica in the PLRE.Folger dataset.

Scholars once again make up the largest proportion of owners with a total of nine, including one lawyer, one statesman, two clerics, and two landowners. The larger proportion of gentility reflects the book's subject matter; 16th century landowners may have looked to works gathered for their peers during the Roman period as a valuable source of information pertaining to agriculture and land management.