Re - L'Ortolano Dirozzato - 1811

Rare illustrated first edition of this agronomic treatise by the well-known botanist from Reggio, Filippo Re (1763-1817). It is an important manual on the cultivation of vegetables and fruit and the organization of the kitchen garden. See Paleari, 621; Niccoli, 327. Filippo Re, The Pruned Gardener, Milan, Giovanni Silvestri, 1811. COMPLETE WORK in 2 volumes. Volume I: pp. 423, (I). COMPLETE, with 6 plates outside the text of which one is folding. Volume II: pp. V, (III), 400. COMPLETE. Copies with sheets still uncut in overall very good condition. Usual signs of use and time. Contemporary half-leather bindings with handwritten titles on the spine labels, well preserved. Flyleaves white.

Estimate:£211.8

View all items fromCatawikiorBooks, Maps & Manuscripts