Compendio del trattato teorico e pratico sopra la coltivazione della vite coll'arte di fare i vini, le acque-vite, lo spirito di vino, gli aceti semplici, e composti, dei signori Chaptal, Rozier, Parmentier e Dussieux pubblica in idioma francese da J. L. Roard ... e tradotto in italiano da Francesco Marcolini. .

8vo. 176 pp. 210 x 130 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches].  Illustrated with two folding plates.  Bound in original blue printed paper wrapper; some discoloration to the blue wrappers, a few chips to the spine, Francesco Cavalieri of Brescia bookseller's label pasted to the front wrappers.  Sound and attractive.

Second edition, originally published in 1808 in Milan.  Compiled for Italian winemakers who are responsible for the cultivation and production of wine.  This book documents the latest innovations and experiments conducted by French viticulturists Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, François Rosier, Antoine Augustin Parmentier and others.  The text of the book discusses new methods in fermentation, methods for transforming mediocre vintages into higher quality wines, ways to protect vines from pests, and construction methods for making stoves and stills which use less energy and shortens the distillation time for producing aqua-vite.