- ASQUINI, COUNT
- a rural economist who did much to promote silk culture in Italy (1726-1818).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
ASQUINI, COUNT
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Fabio Asquini — Count Fabio Asquini (1726–1818) was an Italian rural economist and agronomist who did much to promote silk culture in Italy. Asquini also pioneered wine making with the Picolit grape in the Friuli region of Italy and sold his wines all over Italy … Wikipedia
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