[Rarebooks] FS: Clarici's treatise on garden design, etc. Venice: 1726

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(NATURAL HISTORY) Clarici, Paolo Bartolomeo. ISTORIA E COLTURA DELLE PIANTE, 
che sono pe I Fiore piu Ragguardevoli; e piu Distinte per Ornare un Giardino 
in Tutto il Tempo dell’Anno. Con un Copioso Trattato Degli Agrumi. Opera 
Postuma. Venice: Andrea Poletti. 1726. 4to. (36),761,(3)pp. Index. Title printed in 
red & black. Engraved portrait of the author, engraved vignette on title, and 
with a large (20-1/4” x 29-1/2”) folding engraved plate of the formal garden 
at the “Villa de Marocco", the home of the Venetian Sagredo family. This 
spectacular engraving is on thick paper stock. Original drab boards (“carta rustica”
), hinges rubbed, but sound. Modern ownership notation on front free 
endpaper. Some occasional text foxing. Scarce.     $3,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of this treatise on gardening, including garden design and 
plant and fruit cultivation. There is one part related just to citrus cultivation. 
Pritzel #1728 (error in date); Gamba 2198.

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