Della Robbia. Sua Coltivazione e suoi Usi

by Giovanni Mariti

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First edition

Engraved title-page & five engraved plates. xvi, 294 pp. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards, spine lettered in gilt. Florence: G. Cambiagi , 1776. First edition of this scarce treatise on the cultivation, processing and use of madder rubia tinctorum , a herbaceous climbing plant with small yellow flowers, the root of which is used medically, and — more importantly — as the primary source of dye usually crimson . Madder was the principal source of

• Binding: Leather

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