Della piantagione e coltivazione de' gelsi in Toscana cagione di ricchezza

Description:

Text Italian. Rare. This book discusses plantation and cultivation of mulberries in relation to the silk industry, a great generator of wealth during the 18th-century. Domenico Maria Manni (1690-1788) was Director of the Biblioteca Strozzi in Florence, he edited early texts and published a wide range of works of antiquarian and literary scholarship.

The text in this work commences with a drop capital letter 'D', illustrating a man dealing with a bucking horse.

Horn Schenkling 14544

Condition

8vo, 20th century buckram, gt title to front board. Small ink number to front pastedown and title page. Browning to inner margin of title page and final leaf; small stain to corner of one of the pages.