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Florinus, Franciscus Philippus, pseud.

Francisci Philippi Florini serenissimi ad Rhenum comitis 
Palatini principis Solisbacensis P. in Edelsfelden
et Kirmreuth, Oeconomus prudens et legalis, oder, Allgemeiner 
und rechtsverständiger haus-vatter. Nürnberg,
Christoph Riegel, 1702.
See Alg. Deut. Biog. 7:131-132, 48:601-602;
Fraas, Gesch. Landb, (1865), p. 80-85; Güntz,
Handb. Landw. Litt. 1:141-142.
It is generally conceded that the actual editor 
of the "Oeconomus prudens et legalis" was
the Field marshal Count Philipp von Sulzbach
(1630-1703), under the pseudonym of "Florinus".
Nevertheless there was an actual Franciscus Philippus 
Florinus, according to Allg. Deut. Biog.
48:601-602, who was librarian to Count August
von Sulzbaeh about 1675, and died at Sulzbaeh
in 1699; but no connection between him and the
"Oeconomus prudens et legalis" has been found.
Fraas states that while Roessig and others
have intimated that the work was written by a
count of the Rhine Palatinate named Franz Philipp, 
the Bavarian archives indicate that no
count of Sulzbaeh with the full name Franz Philipp 
Florinus ever lived. But while nothing is
known of the writings of the Philipp, count of
Sulzbach, who was an imperial field marshal,
his dates would have allowed for the compilation 
of this work. Fraas suggests that while
he was a field marshal in his official capacity, 
he may under the name Florinus have been
a marshal of the agricultural field.
Buch iv (p. 646-858 in the original ed.), is
on gardening, fruit culture, the vineyard, and
arboriculture. (MFW)
        