THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN AGRONOMIC TREATISE OF THE BAROQUE AGE

Tanara, Vincenzo. L' economia del cittadino in villa del sig. Vincenzo Tanara. Libri VII. Bologna: Dozza, 1648.

4to, contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine (with a small tear), ff. 554, [13].
Dedicace to Alfonso Gonzaga, Count of Novellara.



Uncommon second enlarged edition of the most important Italian agronomic treatise of the seventeenth century, illustrated by many practical informations on land cultivation and animal rearing.

The book, published for the first time in 1644, had a great success and was reprinted ften times in the following 150 years.

CONTENT:
The first book is devoted to bread and wine; the second one to the grapes and the bees; the third deals with the courtyard animals, with interesting notions of culinary; the fourth is dedicated to vegetable gardens the manner to cook vegetables; the book five is devoted to gardens and flowers; the sixth is on the cultivation of the fields; and, finally, the seventh deals with the influences of the sun and moon on the cultivation and includes interesting descriptions of banquets and dinners also indicating tips on hunting.

The work also contains other chapters of gastronomy including one list of 110 ways to dress and cook the pork.

References: Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 00962. Michel-Michel VIII, 15; Fantuzzi VII, 75.
OCLC 65319337.

The upper margin of the first leaves is soiled; otherwise a honest copy.