COSTA, Bernardino Camilo Cincinnato da.- O Portugal vinicola: estudos sobre a ampelographia e o valo

COSTA, Bernardino Camilo Cincinnato da.- O Portugal vinicola: estudos sobre a ampelographia e o valor œnologico das principaes castas de videiras de Portugal = Le Portugal vinicole: recherches sur l'ampélographie et la valeur œnologique des principaux cépages du Portugal.- Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1900.- XLVIII, 483, [3 br.] p.: 2 mapas, LXXXIV estampas; 54 cm.- E., The author (1866-1930), professor, agricultural engineer and veterinarian, was born in Margão (Salcete, Goa, India); He was a member of parliament, director of the Lezírias Company and member of the Academy of Sciences. Monumental work, commissioned and published by the Grand Commission of Lisbon, chaired by Ressano Garcia, organizer of the Portuguese representation at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Particularly appreciated are the 10 chromolithographs representing bunches of grapes from different national varieties, signed by Roque Gameiro. Copy with restoration (and slight stain) on the first page (from the front page in Portuguese), but generally clean, with only a few light browning, limited to the cellophane separators. Half black morocco binding, with imperfections and some wear, with the booklet covers remaining without flaps.