[Bombycidae] Cornalia, Emilio. Monografia del bombice del gelso [the silkworm]
Milan, G. Bernardoni di Gio, 1856, IX,(1 blank),388 p., w. 15 fold. lithogr. plates (1x in chromolithography), orig. printed boards, folio. Binding soiled, corners a bit bumped, otherwise a very fine, untrimmed copy, w. dedication in pen by the author on title-p.: "Al Conte Sebregondi podestá in Milano Omaggio dell' Autore". Also w. bookplate of Giovanni Fassio on upper pastedown.
Horn & Schenkling 3868. Rare first and only edition of this treatise on the silkworm.