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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.

Rara prima edizione, illustrata, di questo trattato agronomico del noto botanico reggiano Filippo Re (1763-1817). Si tratta di un importante manuale sulla coltivazione degli ortaggi e della frutta e l'organizzazione dell'orto. Cfr. Paleari, 621; Niccoli, 327.

Filippo Re, L'Ortolano dirozzato, Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1811.

OPERA COMPLETA in 2 volumi. 

Tomo I: pp. 423, (I). COMPLETO, con 6 tavole fuori testo di cui una ripiegata.

Tomo II: pp. V, (III), 400. COMPLETO.

Esemplari con carte ancora in barbe in condizioni complessivamente molto buone. Consueti segni dell'uso e  del tempo.

Legature coeve in mezza pelle con titoli manoscritti su etichette ai dorsi, ben conservate. Fogli di guardia bianchi. 

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Re - L'Ortolano Dirozzato - 1811

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Two-volume first edition (1811) of Filippo Re's L'Ortolano Dirozzato, Italian, published in Milan by Giovanni Silvestri, in half-leather binding with manuscript spine labels, complete with folding plates and plates out of text, totaling 832 pages.

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Two-volume first edition (1811) of Filippo Re's L'Ortolano Dirozzato, Italian, published in Milan by Giovanni Silvestri, in half-leather binding with manuscript spine labels, complete with folding plates and plates out of text, totaling 832 pages.

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