{"product_id":"rendella-prospero","title":"RENDELLA, Prospero.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst and only early edition of this fascinating work on wines and wine-making. Prospero Rendella (1553-1630) was a jurist and the author of works on property law, oil, doves and forests. Like these last,  Tractatus de vinea  on vines, wine-making and wines shows Rendella s interest in agricultural customs and practice, and the varieties and trade of local products, with special attention to southern Italy, where he resided. After a brief introduction of the allegorical meanings ( hieroglyphicum ) of the vine, the first part proceeds to examine practicalities related to vineyards, e.g., the work of viticulture, legal rights of the vine-cultivator against grazing animals or human damage to his plants, and practices (including magic) to quieten divine phenomena like thunderstorms, a short section on plant diseases, the care of vines and their various species. The second part, on wine-making, discusses the practice, equipment and timing of the harvest (including traditional songs and the priest s blessing), ways to foresee a good harvest, how to store wine (in buildings that should be blessed), and a list of 82 questions on sundry subjects, including the purchase of vineyards and feudal law. The third part discusses wine-making in the area of Naples and Puglia, identifying dozens of local wines (e.g., sorbinum, lacrima, pomeianum, lanciaguerra), and with a section on the naming of wines, the wine trade, and the secular and religious uses of wine. A remarkably interesting, clear and concise encyclopaedia of C17 wine-making.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RENDELLA, Prospero.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820346188111,"sku":"L3358","price":3750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/1_30de6f5c-bf69-46df-aff5-9c844940ee48.jpg?v=1781794814","url":"https:\/\/sokol-books-ltd.myshopify.com\/products\/rendella-prospero","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}