324 - Gemelli, Francesco. *The Revival of Sardinia: A Proposal for the Improvement of Its Agriculture*, three volumes. Turin, Briolo, 1776. First edition of an important and scholarly work on agriculture in Sardinia The Revival of Sardinia, Proposed Through the Improvement of Its Agriculture, in Three Volumes. Turin, Briolo, 1776.

Gemelli, Francesco. *The Revival of Sardinia: A Proposal for the Improvement of Its Agriculture*, three volumes. Turin, Briolo, 1776. First edition of an important and scholarly work on agriculture in Sardinia The Revival of Sardinia, Proposed Through the Improvement of Its Agriculture, in Three Volumes. Turin, Briolo, 1776. 2 quarto volumes (250 × 200 mm); XVI, 397, [3]; 342, [2]. Engraved vignettes on the title pages; the first printed in red and black (sporadic stains, slightly browned). Elegant contemporary binding in red morocco leather with gilt metal decoration on the covers and spine, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (bookworm holes, defects on the cap bands). The result of the author’s extended stay in Sardinia, this work analyzes the decline of the island’s agriculture compared to the prosperity of the Roman era and addresses the idleness of the farming class, the lack of farmsteads, the relationships between landowners and tenant farmers, and the problems of sheep farming. In the third volume, he proposes a comprehensive plan for the reform and modernization of agricultural structures, based on government intervention and the adoption of more modern farming techniques. First edition of an important and scholarly work on Sardinia (2 volumes)