Corsuccio, Giovanni Andrea

4to (215 x 150mm.), woodcut of a cocoon on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, text within typographical borders, woodcut printer's device at end, a remboitage of eighteenth-century red morocco gilt with the arms of Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713-1759), green morocco onlay surrounding the central arms, spine gilt in compartments, small rust hole in I2, occasional light staining, binding slightly rubbed, a few small wormholes in binding

Censimento 16 CNCE 13564

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First and only edition of Corsucci's treatise on the harvesting of silk from worms as well as the history of silk manufacture, which was an important part of Rimini's trade. He also includes a poem in praise of Rimini in the preliminaries.