Sulla coltura e usi dell’acacia, o robinia, Robinia Pseudo-Acacia…

Florence : Gaetano Cambiagi de l’imprimerie grand-ducale, 1800. Octavo, marbled paper wrappers, folding copperplate engraving, pp. 25, inscription to title page No. XII indicating it was extracted from a sammelband, a crisp and fine copy.

First and only edition of this treatise on the Robinia pseudoacacia, a poisonous tree native to the Appalachian region of the modern day United States, but widely exported to other regions including Australia, where it was planted as a street tree and is now considered an invasive species.

‘Robinia pseudoacacia, commonly known in its native territory as black locust, s a medium-sized hardwood deciduous tree, belonging to the tribe Robinieae of the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to a few small areas of the United States, but it has been widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe, Southern Africa and Asia and is considered an invasive species in some areas, such as the temperate east coast of Australia where the cultivar ‘Frisia’ (Golden Robinia) was widely planted as a street tree before being classed as a weed.’ – Wikipedia.

‘In NSW, black locust has been found in in coastal regions of NSW from the North Coast to the South East. It has also been found in the Northern and Central Tablelands and Riverina regions.’ – Department of Primary Industries https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/BlackLocust