Author: Manni, Domenico Maria
Title: Della piantagione e coltivazione de' gelsi in Toscana cagione di ricchezza
Description: Pietro Gaetano Viviani 1767 20, . . HB. 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.. 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.

Keywords: Bombyx mori; Mulberry tree; Sericulture; Silkworm


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