Venice: [Li heredi di Joanne Padouano], [1553]. 8vo. 335, [8] ff. (240-257 misfoliated), including index. With historiated woodcut initials, printer's device on recto of last leaf. Later vellum, manuscript title on spine; minor paper repairs throughout, one leaf restored. Contemporary annotations. An extremely rare edition (only five copies located) of... More about Opera di agricoltura. Nellaqual si contiene a che modo si debbe coltivar la terra: seminare,...

[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1809. 8vo. 27 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding plate with 2 figures. Wrappers. This curious monograph on working stoves contains most probably one of the first descriptions of freestanding closed-top ranges with a flue. In 1780, the first kitchen stove was invented by Thomas Robinson. It had... More about Die kunst holz zu ersparen, und beym Kochen durch wirthschaftliche Verminderung des fevers die...