Bergamo: Francesco Locatelli, 1783.
First Edition. An anonymous letter from an Italian oenophile to a friend, an anonymous Bergamo farmer-nobleman, on the best method for preserving wines. The author, who begins their letter with the salutation Amico, first compliments his or her friend on their agricultural skills, then continues with.....
London: J. Legat and J. Okes, 1639.
A fine pairing of first editions of the English scientist and husbandman Gabriel Plattes's first two books: A Discovery of Infinite Treasure, a pioneering work on idealized solutions to agriculture problems, and A Discovery of Subterraneall Treasure, one of the first major works.....
Wittenberg: Joannes Berger, 1661.
First edition of the pioneering German zoologist and rector at University of Wittenberg Joannes Sperling's posthumous treatise on the characteristics and properties of fruits and tree nuts, as well as their medical and gastronomic uses. Sperling discusses lemons and limes, apples, citrons, hazelnuts and chestnuts, figs.....