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Enologia - Redi, Francesco

Bacchus in Tuscany, 1691

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Florence, Piero Matini at the sign of the Golden Lion, 1691. In 4 °. Eye, emblem of the Accademia della Crusca on the frontispiece printed in red and black, initials and woodcut friezes, on paper F4 begins Annotations by Francesco Redi from Arezzo Academic of Crusca on the dithyramb with addition. Tied up with Bonomo, Giovanni Cosimo Observations around 'furs of the human body, Florence, Piero Matini at the sign of the Golden Lion, 1687 . With 1 chalcographic illustration engraved by Francesco Nacci, double-faced eagle with crown engraved in wood on the title page, head and incipit woodcut initial. Linked with Sangallo, Pietro Paolo da, Experiences around to the generation of the Mosquitoes , Florence, VIncenzo Vanagelisti, 1679. With 1 folded plate, woodcut frieze on the title page. Linked with Redi, Francesco , Letter around the invention of eyewear Florence, Piero Matini under the banner of the Golden Lion, 1690. Emblem of the Accademia della Crusca on the title page, example with slight marginal blooms and light bluing of the cards, marbled guard cards, contemporary binding in calfskin with title of the first work embossed in gold within a 5-pin spine, some scratches, abrasions on the b order, flaws to the zipper. Paper bookplate on the counterplate.


Specialist Notes

First work: third edition, in which the author (1626 -1698), among other things, praises the various Tuscan and Italian wines through the mouth of the god Bacchus. The work is divided into two parts: the first is the "dithyramb", that is a poetic composition in praise of wine and love; the second, more substantial, consists of the annotations to the aforementioned poem. In the dithyramb dozens of wines are mentioned but a place of excellence is assigned to Montepulciano which "is the king of every wine".
The sample contains another interesting work by Redi concerning the history of glasses, published for the first time in Florence in 1678.