Coltivazione e governo del lino mazuolo

by Giovanni Battista Trecco

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First edition

Large 4to 29.5 x 21.6 cm . 2 , viii, 80 pp., with 12 engraved plates. Bound in contemporary sheep gilt-stamped with raised spine bands, with gilt fleurons and title. Minor soiling on some lower corners. Excellent. First edition of this handsomely illustrated treatise on the cultivation and manufacture of linen, a staple of the textile and paper industries until the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney a mere two years after this book was

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