DE
CAROLIS Vincenzo, Sheep and Cattle Farming, published by Opera Nazionale
Combattenti, Rome, 1929,
18,5x13,5 cm., original paperback binding with title, pp. 152, with
text illustrations
Description
of the illustration
Illstr. n. 10 e 11, pp. 52 and 53 - Rams and sheep of Gentile
breed from Puglia, imported to Tuscany. "The Gentile breed
is a crossbreed between local Italian sheep and Spanish merino
sheep. Prof. Iosa remembers that merino sheep started being imported
from Spain during the reigns of Alfonso I of Aragon, of Francesco
I di Borbone and of Gioacchino Murat [...]"
