Giovanni Battista FERRARI
Flora, seu De Florum cultura lib. IV
Apud Johannem Janssonium|Amstelodami [Amsterdam] 1646|17 x 23 cm|relié
Flora, seu De Florum cultura lib. IV
Contemporary full calf binding, spine in five richly decorated compartments, gilt roll-tooling on the spine ends, all edges speckled with red. Binding shows some si
Apud Johannem Janssonium, Amstelodami 1646, in-4 (17 x 23 cm), (46 p.) 522 pp (12 p.), relié
Second edition, after the extremely rare first edition was published in 1633 in Rome (Pritzel). It is illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece featuring a portrait of the author on the verso, as well as 45 copper-engraved plates, included in the pagination, by Anna Maria Vaiani, Greuter and Mellan for the drawings of Guido Reni, Pietro Berrettini da Cortona and Andrea Sacco.Contemporary full calf binding, spine in five richly decorated compartments, gilt roll-tooling on the spine ends, all edges speckled with red. Binding shows some si
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