Spolverini, Giambattista. The cultivation of rice. Verona, Agostino Carattoni, 1758. In 4° (257 x 185 mm);[8], 197, [3] pages. Illustrated frontispiece, engraved vignette on title page,15 intaglio vignettes and initial letters, portrait of Elisabetta Farnese dedicatariadell'opera, all engraved by Domenico Cunego from drawings by Francesco Lorenzi. Coeval bindings in bazzana with gilt friezes on spine, red boards (restored spine). Ex libris nobiliare. Specimen printed on strong paper of this first edition. This is the earliest work onriso, also appreciated for its elegant typographic layout elafinezzadelle illustrations. Also in the lot is theDiport de' viandantin in which one can read facetie, mottos, & pranks by Zappata from 1600. (2)

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