Splendida xilografia originale acquarellata a mano tratta dalla nota opera di botanica del 1597 "The Herball or general historie of plants" del botanico John Gerard (1545-1611/12) in elegante passe-partout.Si nota chiaramente l'influenza del Matthioli come anche in numerose opere di botanica pubblicate dopo gli importanti "Discorsi" del noto botanico italiano. Superb original xilography painted in acquerello by hand taken from the famous work of 1597 "The Herball or general historie of plants" by the botanical John Gerard (1545-1611/12) in an elegant passe-partout.We can note the strong influence of Matthioli, as also in different works of botany of the XVI century published after the famous "Discorsi" of the important botanist. ENGRAVING: original xilography AUTHOR: John Gerard PASSE-PARTOUT DIMENSION: cm 30x23 ENGRAVING DIMENSION: cm 18x4,5 COLOUR: painted by hand with acquerello DATE: 1597 CONDITIONS: good The work is famous for the accurate description of species and for the information of popular culture contained in the texts. The first edition was published in 1597, to which another edition of 1633 followed by Thomas Johnson who took different information by the botanists Fuchs, Gesner e Matthioli. Seller Inventory # 8370

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Title: Eryngium caeruleum Blew sea holly Eryngium ...

Publication Date: 1597

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