Magnificent first work on the world of exotic and rare American plants in the Farnese gardens in Rome



ALDINUS, Tobias [or Pietro CASTELLI?].
Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, quae cintinentur Romae in Horto Farnesiano ...
Rome, Jacobi Mascardi, 1625. Folio. With the integral engraved architectural title-page, 22 full-page engraved botanical illustrations on integral leaves, woodcut illustrations in the text, 3 woodcut tailpieces, numerous woodcut decorated initials, decorations built up from arabesque typographic ornaments, each page in a frame of rules. Contemporary sheepskin parchment. [XII], 100, [8] pp. Full description
€ 7,500
Rome, Jacobi Mascardi, 1625. Folio. With the integral engraved architectural title-page, 22 full-page engraved botanical illustrations on integral leaves, woodcut illustrations in the text, 3 woodcut tailpieces, numerous woodcut decorated initials, decorations built up from arabesque typographic ornaments, each page in a frame of rules. Contemporary sheepskin parchment. [XII], 100, [8] pp. Full description