Constans de Castellet,(J.B.).
Istruzioni circa il modo di coltivare i gelsi, di allevare i bachi da seta, e di filar le sete, con nuove applicazioni, e riflessioni il tutto tradotto dall'originale francese.... Turin, Soffietti 1778. with gest. Front. XVI, 190 p., 1 leaf. Old leather d. Zt. with ribbon. (rubbed and damaged, upper chap. damaged). Einaudi 941. first Italian edition. - About mulberry trees, silkworms, production of silk with all technical details. The rare work appeared in French and Italian editions. No translation from the French. - Early work on silk production. - Some stains, front with waterstains. Endpapers with handwritten inscription - bookplate Rodolfo de Pestalozzi.