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8vo (200 x 121 mm) XVIII, 363 pp., 2 folding charts ( 1 typographic, 1 engraved). Green long grained morocco, gilt filets and floral blind and gilt roll on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt edges (contemporary binding in Simier's style), Modern slipecase.
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Pritzel, 3179 ; Bing, 12408 ; Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, 1990, n° 74 (“A translation of the first chapters of the Traité du Citrus into Italian was published in 1816 as Teoria della riproduzione vegetale.”) ; Bogaert-Damin, Livres de fruits du XVIe au XXe siècle, 1992, n° 56.
First edition.
A first-issue copy, the work was reissued in 1829. The two folded synoptic tables present the Citrus genus in a clear and original way. Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839) had a passion for arboriculture, which he practised on his estate on the Ligurian coast, and was the author of the Pomona italiana, a masterpiece of botanical illustration.
He is also considered to be the father of citrus genetics. He was involved in species selection, and his experiments were praised by Charles Darwin. The treatise also contains a well-documented historical study in which he traces the stages in the introduction of citrus fruits from Asia.
An exceptional copy.
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