VITICULTURE -- GYRAO, A.L. de BARBOZA FERREIRA... Lot 1120

VITICULTURE -- GYRAO, A.L. de BARBOZA FERREIRA TEIXEIRA. Tratado theorico e pratico da agricultura das vinhas, da extracçao do mosto, bondade, e conservaçao dos vinhos, e da distillaçao das agoas ardentes. Lisboa, 1822. 239, lviii, (6) pp. W. fold. table and 3 fold. engr. depicting distillation processes. - Bound with: F. (DA SILVA) AVELAR BROTERO. Principios de agricultura philosophica. Coimbra, 1793. (2), 115 pp. -- 2 in 1 vol. Cont. green h. goat skin w. marbled brds. Ad 1: Comprehensive treatise on wine (port!), wine making, and distillation, with additional sections on spirits and vinegar by Viscount Antonio Gyrao (1785-1863). Rare first and only edition in fine condition. -- Ad 2: Describing the structural problems of Portuguese agriculture and its implications in the Economy and defending that Agriculture should be oriented by scientific principles so that each country could supply its population with the products it needs. Félix da Silva Avelar (1744-1828), was a Portuguese botanist and professor who held the chair of botany and agriculture at the University of Coimbra.