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Lastri, Marco Antonio (1731-1811) 
"Elogio del proposto Marco Lastri, letto ... 
14* Settembre 1812, dal D. Giuseppe Sarchiani." 
Atti R. Accad. Georgofili, 8:26-42 (1817), says 
Lastri "ended his days at the vigil of the birth 
of our Lord last year", i.e. Dec, 1811, as this 
sketch was read in Sept, 1812, Numerous works 
and translations by Lastri are mentioned, 
Biblioteca georgica, ossia Catalogo ragionato degli 
scrittori di agricoltura, veterinarla, agrimensura ,., &c 
spettanti all’Italia, Firenze, Nella stamperia Molicke, 
1787 , 152 p, (Dept. Agr.} Lib, Cong,} Bib. Nat. Paris; 
Brit, Mus.; Roy, Agr, Soc, Eng.) 
Corso di agricoltura di un accademico georgofilo ... 
let ed.? 
A publisher's announcement in Ed,3» v.l, says 
this is the 3 d ed.^ if it is considered that the 
let ed. is constituted by the "Lunarj de’ conta- 
dini”, or the 4"^^ ed, in respect to that which 
the "Torch!" of Venice have issued in portions 
from time to time. 
The "Lunario per i contadini della Toscana", 
written by Lastri, was published from 1774 thru 
1785 # and according to Re, reissued as an 
individual work with the title "Corso", Re men¬ 
tions only the ed, pub, "Firenze, pagani, 1787" 
(i,e. 1787 - 90 ); and if this was the original ed, 
under this title, it confirms the publisher's 
statement cited above, 
Niccoli, p. 71 , implies that Lastri's "Corso" 
was originally published in the "Lunari", then 
extracted therefrom, and later revised and cast 
into new form as the "Lezioni di agricoltura e 
di economia rurale", in 1787-90, But as the lat¬ 
ter title has not been verified, and these are 
the dates of an authentic issue of the "Corso", 
it may be that Niccoli applied to this the sub¬ 
title used in some other edition, 
Niccoli, moreover, is vague about the dates 
of the original publication, bracketing the im¬ 
print; "Firenze, Buonaluto, 1780-1784", which 
may be the dates of the last five or six vols. 
of the "Lvinari", A complete set of the "Luna¬ 
rio per i contadini della Toscana", I 774 -I 785 , 
12 vols., is at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 
Lastri's "Corso" gives comparatively little 
information on gardening, but has sections on 
the culture of fruit trees, the vine and olive, 
and useful calendars for the gardener, (MFW) 
