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Remarkable reference work on gooseberries and currants with coloured lithographs and recipes for wine, syrups, confiture and conserves

THORY, Claude Antoine. Monographie ou histoire naturelle du genre groseillier contenant la description, l' histoire, la culture et les usages de toutes les groseilles connues.
Paris, P. Dufart, 1829. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece showing the portrait of the author and 24 lithographed full-page plates by A.M. Canneva, L.A. Canneva and A. Pascal, printed by Langlumé, including 23 contemporary handcoloured. Original printed paper wrappers. [4], XVI, 152 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
Agriculture Fruit Culture Gastronomy Wine / Viticulture
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Hospitality in Roman antiquity

TOMASINI, Jacopo Filippo. De Tesseris Hospitalitatis. Liber singularis.
Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1670. With a frontispiece by Abraham Bloteling depicting travellers, 2 folding engraved plates and engravings in text, some of which are full-page.
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TOMASINI, Jacopo Filippo. Titus Livius Patavinus.
Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1670. With a printer's device on title-page,engraving on title, 2 folding
engraved plates including a portrait, 1 engraving in text. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title in ink on spine. [12], 227, [25]; 125, [17] pp. Full description
€ 400
Classical Antiquity Medicine & Pharmacy (17th Century) Numismatics
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Presentation copy of the extremely rare first issue of an Italian mycological work with coloured illustrations

TONINI, Ferdinand. Prospetto cromo-litografíco confrontativo tolto dal vero dei funghi mangerecci coi funghi velenosi o sospetti i più comuni ...
Como, printed by the sons of Carlantonio Ostinelli (lithographed by Vasalli, Milano), 1845. Oblong 4to (25.5 x 35.5 cm). With lithographed and letterpress title-page, and 15 partly hand-coloured lithographs on 8 leaves with descriptive letterpress text. Original printed wrappers, with a wide variety of decorative types and borders. [9] ll. Full description
€ 1,750
Gastronomy Herbals & Medical Botany Italy Lower Plants (incl. Mushrooms)
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"Pioneering botanical, entomological, and petrographic observations"

TOWNSON, Robert. Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793.
London, G. G. & J. Robinson, 1797 4to. With a folding hand-coloured engraved map, 16 engraved plates (some folding), and a folding engraved table. Modern half calf with gold on red spine label, marbled sides. xviii, [1], 506 pp. Full description
€ 2,000
Austria Central Europe Czech Republic & Slovakia Earth Sciences Floras & General Botany Insects & Spiders Travel & Voyages Europe Wine / Viticulture
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