Pritzel, 3179 ; Bing, 12408 ; Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, 1990, n\u00b0 74 (\u201cA translation of the first chapters of the Trait\u00e9 du Citrus into Italian was published in 1816 as Teoria della riproduzione vegetale.\u201d) ; Bogaert-Damin, Livres de fruits du XVIe au XXe si\u00e8cle, 1992, n\u00b0 56.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition.<\/span><\/p>\n Copy of the first-issue , the work was reissued in 1829. The two folded synoptic tables present the Citrus genus<\/i> in a clear and original way. Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839) had a passion for arboriculture, which he practised on his estate on the Ligurian coast, and was the author of the Pomona italiana<\/i>, a masterpiece of botanical illustration.<\/p>\n He is also considered to be the father of citrus genetics. He was involved in species selection, and his experiments were praised by Charles Darwin. The treatise also contains a well-documented historical study in which he traces the stages in the introduction of citrus fruits from Asia.<\/p>\n An exceptional copy.<\/p>\n Provenance : Autograph ex-dono by the author on the half-title: “A Madame, Madame la Duchesse de Montmorency”, probably addressed to Hortense de Montmorency (1774-1858), daughter of the Duc de Luynes, who had married her cousin Mathieu, Louis XVIII’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. On her return from exile after the Revolution, she settled at the Ch\u00e2teau de Courtalain, a former family estate in the Dunois region, on the edge of the Perche. Orange and lemon trees adorned the grounds, which were sheltered during the winter in an orangery, as at Versailles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8vo (200 x 121 mm) XVIII, 363 pp., 2 folding charts (1 typographic, 1 engraved). Contemporary green long grained morocco in the syle of Simier, gilt filets and floral decoration in blind and gilt on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt edges, modern slipcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[532],"product_tag":[1267,590,1264],"class_list":{"0":"post-72738","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-botanical","7":"product_tag-binding","8":"product_tag-botanical","9":"product_tag-inscription","10":"pa_auteur-gallesio-giorgio-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Giorgio GALLESIO","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, chez Louis Fantin, 1811","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n