Trattato Di Pietro Vettori Delle Lodi Et Della Coltivazione De Gl'Ulivi Vettori, Pietro Classics,Early Modern Science

A late Renaissance bridge between philology and agronomy in this treatise on olive oil. Pp. [6], 3-89, [1] r.e. (incomplete). First edition, but incomplete. 18th-century half green calf with marbled boards. The binding originally contained a second volume, now lacking, leaving about half of the inner spine exposed. Attractive printer's device on the title page; small early ownership note in the lower margin. The collation is complex, since the preliminary leaves are disordered: the title page is followed by two blanks, the verso of the second with a woodcut cartouche. Then two leaves of dedication, themselves incomplete (the first leaf continues a sentence clearly begun earlier). The text proper begins at p. 3 (B ij), again continuing a sentence. Final quire (M) loose. A study copy. Like many Florentine humanists, Pietro Vettori engaged in practical agriculture, blending classical references (Columella, Varro) with Tuscan practice. His Trattato delle lodi et della coltivazione de gl'ulivi praises the olive tree and gives practical instructions on cultivation and oil-making. His agricultural writings also anticipate the fusion of literature, natural science, and regional identity that shaped Tuscan food and wine culture. This makes him part of the early canon of Tuscan agronomic literature, alongside Alamanni, Soderini, and later Davanzati.