L'Agricoltura Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus Etching,Viticulture,Wine

Volgarizzato Da Benedetto Del Bene, Membro Dell'Istituto The Roman art of vine care Vol. I of 2 (II missing). Pp XV, 497, [2] errata corrige, 2 folded tables. In contemporary paper boards (with discoloration and losses to the upper cover), red-sprinkled edges; spine detached at the rear hinge but still holding at the front; internally in very fine condition. First volume of the Italian translation by Benedetto Del Bene of Columella's De re rustica, the most comprehensive surviving Roman agricultural treatise, originally composed in the 1st century CE/AD. This (translated) volume of Columella can be considered a foundational Roman manual on winemaking, reinterpreted through Enlightenment eyes, a rare blend of viticultural history, classical scholarship, and pastoral philosophy.