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PITARO, Antoine

La science de la Sétifère ou L'art de produire la soie avec avantage et sureté
Paris
J.P. Roret
1828
€160 - €240

8vo, xxxviii-452 pp. (some spotting). Illustrated with a lithogr. author's portrait, a facsimile of a letter and 7 fold. pl. of which 2 coloured by H. Gaugain. Contemp. quarter sheep, marbled paper on covers, flat spine, marbled edges (spine restored)

Rare first edition on the art of producing silk, the cultivation of mulberry trees and the breeding of silkworms by the Italian doctor and scientist A. Pitaro (1767-1832)

Agriculture