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Economia - Agronomia - Galiani, Ferdinando
Of the perfect conservation of the grain. Speech by Bartolomeo Intieri., 1754
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Naples, Raimondi, 1754. In 4th, pp. XII-84 with a beautiful vignette engraved on copper on page one depicting operations inherent to the theme of the work and 7 plates engraved on copper and folded f.t. depicting various equipment for storing and processing grain including a new type of stove for grain invented by Intieri in 1731 and later copied by Duhamel de Monceau. Printer's mark on title page. Coeval full Bazzana leather binding, gilt title on the spine (some losses), colored edges.
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First edition, very rare, of this well-known and important essay written by Galiani in collaboration with Bartolomeo Intieri, his friend and founder of the first chair of political economy entrusted to Antonio Genovesi. It is known that Galiani drafted the work, but the content, including the proem, is entirely by Intieri; some traces of the expository line, present both in the Discourse on the utility of sciences and in the Perfect conservation of grain, allow us to glimpse the coordination between the two drafters. The operetta consists of an introduction and 4 chapters: the introduction expresses satisfaction with the improved living conditions of the peoples and the development of the arts, commerce and agriculture; in the following chapters the following are dealt with respectively: the imperfect ways of the past to conserve grain; the use of fire to save it from insects without loss; the experiments carried out and those in preparation in Capua, in France, in Maremma; the description of the grain stove and the difficulties encountered in overcoming prejudices towards machines. There is also a description of the improvement made by Intieri to a tool used by woodcutters, the palorcio, for the transport of raised loads, which can also be applied to the transport of grain; the last chapter explains the difficulties encountered in getting Annona to accept the new machine; finally, accurate drawings of the machine itself follow.
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