Milano: Dalla Tipografia di Gio. Battista Sonzogno, 1819. 8vo. 176 pp. 210 x 130 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches].  Illustrated with two folding plates.  Bound in original blue printed paper wrapper; some discoloration to the blue wrappers, a few chips to the spine, Francesco Cavalieri of Brescia bookseller’s..... More

Torino e Roma: Ermanno Loescher, 1880. 8vo.  200 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 ¼ ibches].  [8], 502 pp.  Illustrated with three lithographic plates and numerous diagrams in the text.  Bound in half red morocco with leather tips, marbled paper boards, raised bands with title in gilt in the second..... More

Bergamo: Dalla Tipografia Duci, (1789). 8vo. 190 x 145 mm., [7 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 68 pp. Bound in original paste paper boards; with some minor soiling to the covers; otherwise, a very good copy. Exceedingly rare study of Enlightenment methods for cultivating vines and making them flourish in..... More

Bologna: Per Vittorio Benacci, Stampator Camerale, 1602. Broadside.  433 x 310 mm., [17 x 12 ¼ inches].  Illustrated at the top of the sheet with the coat-of-arms of Monsignor Marsilio Landriani and of the City of Bologna.  Previously folded with a small tear at the lower fold, not affecting the..... More

Lodi: Coi Tipi di C. Wilmant e Figli, 1844. 8vo.  210 x 140 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches].  57, [1] pp.  Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced with paper backing.  First edition of three of Agostino Bassi’s new research papers presented before the Degli Scienziati Italiani.  Most noted for..... More

Cagliari: Nella Reale Stamperia di Cagliari, 1774. Small 8vo.  175 x 115 mm., [7 x 4 ½ inches].  51 [1] pp.  Bound in later decorative paper wrappers.  First and only edition of this dissertation on the cultivation methods that produce an abundance of wheat and the causes of famine by..... More

Milano: Coi Tipi di Luigi di Giacomo Pirola, 1840. 8vo. 215 x 135 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches].  16 pp.  Original buff colored printed wrappers, stitched as issued; corners dog eared light foxing throughout the text.  This copy shows signs of use, but sound and not unattractive. Rare..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. 4to. 290 x 230 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [4], 205 pp. Illustrated with 7 chromolithographic plates, 6 micro photographs and one lithograph. Bound in contemporary pebbled morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards; edges rubbed, but a sound and attractive copy. First illustrated..... More

Napoli: nella Stamperia dei Fratelli Raimondi, 1781. 4to.  250 x 190 mm., [9 ¾ x 7 ½ inches].  [4] ff., 48 pp.  Illustrated with an engraved portrait of the author by Giuseppe Aloja.  Bound in early 20th century leather spine over marbled paper boards.  Offset from portrait to the title-page..... More

Firenze: G. Barbèra, Editore, 1870. 8vo.  190 x 150 mm., [7 ½ x 4 3/3 inches].  vii, [i], 188 pp.  Bound in later boards with calf spine and tips.    Interesting compilation of summaries for eight conferences on viticulture that took place in Florence during the 1860’s.  The annual conferences..... More

New York: C. M. Saxton & Co., Agricultural Book Publishers, 1857. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 120 pp., plus 12 pp. ads. Lithographic frontispiece and 11 plates. Original brown publisher’s cloth; spine faded, text lightly foxed, ex-library copy. Lithographic title-page with date of..... More

Brattleboro, Vt. Hall & Holmes Proprietors of the Patent, 1853. Folio. 345 x 269 mm., [13 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches]. 4 pp. Text within decorative typographical border. Folded. Very good condition. Advertising sheet touting the benefits of a newly patented butter and cream churn, designed by Orsamus R...... More

Milano: Dalla Società Tipog. De’Classici Italiani, 1847. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm. (7 ½ X 5 inches). 107, 1 pp., one folding plate with four figures. Early 20th century decorated paper over boards, leather label of Rappaport of Rome. Rare manual of bee keeping by a provincial cleric, educated at..... More