First edition of the Italian translation of a work on the cultivation of fruit trees by the French gardener and agronomist Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626-1688), known for creating the Potager du roi, a fruit and vegetable garden for King Louis XIV, located near Versailles. The text describes in great length how and when to prune fruit trees of different size and age, indicating when and where to cut the branches, how to recognize healthy branches and how to influence or alter the tree's growth and shape. Most of the engraved plates show several figures of trees with different branches, two plates depict knives.
With the owner's inscription of Domenico Mavini on title-page. Some marginal water stains and a few spots. Binding slightly damaged around the edge of front board. Overall in good condition. Bradley III, p. 171.