SET OF 12 PLATES SUPERB GIOVANNI FERRARI ORIGINAL BOTANICAL CITRUS PRINTS 1646

SET OF 12 PLATES SUPERB GIOVANNI FERRARI ORIGINAL BOTANICAL CITRUS PRINTS 1646

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SET OF 12 Superb highly sought after hand-colored engravings

These works are not only the first taxonomic study of citrus fruit, but the first exhaustive study of a single family of plants or animals. The Italian Jesuit scholar and professor Giovanni Battista Ferrari, a friend of Galileo, compiled it. The engravings were done by Dutch printmaker Cornelis Bloemaert, and are notable for their meticulous detail and decision of texture depicting life-size fruits, whole and in

section.

VERY GOOD CONDITION

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