Osservazioni sopra le malattie, le ferite, e le altre imperfezioni degli alberi fruttiferi, : e di bosco di ogni spezie con un metodo particolare di guarirle, scoperto e praticato da Guglielmo Forsyth, giardiniere del Re della Gran Bretagna a Kensington. /
Forsyth, William,1737-1804
Fassadoni, Marco,Translator.
In Treviso : Presso Antonio Pozzobon,
1793..
The rare first Italian translation of the Scottish horticulturalist William Forsyth's classic treatise on arboricultue entitled: 'Treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees (1791). The work ran through seven English editions and was reprinted in Florence in 1797. This is the only translation prepared by the enlightened cleric Marco Fassadoni (1732-1813), who taught agriculture at the Accademia Agraria in Treviso.
Con Licenza de' Superiori.--at foot of title page.
With a half-title page.
The rare first Italian translation of the Scottish horticulturalist William Forsyth's classic treatise on arboricultue entitled: 'Treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees (1791). The work ran through seven English editions and was reprinted in Florence in 1797. This is the only translation prepared by the enlightened cleric Marco Fassadoni (1732-1813), who taught agriculture at the Accademia Agraria in Treviso.
Contemporary Italian provincial red morocco, decorated in gilt, with gilt textblock edges and marbled endpapers.
Fruit-culture
Italy Treviso.