Citrus fruits.- Ferrari (Giovanni Battista Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum cultura et usu. Libri quatuor., printed title with woodcut Jesuit device, 85 fine engraved plates on 84 sheets (of 101 on 100 sheets) by Cornelis Bloemaerts and others, plate numbered 201 with short tear at foot, within image, but without loss, occasional spotting, some light browning, [Hunt 243; Nissen BBI 621; Pritzel 2878], folio, Rome, Hermann Scheus, 1646. sold as a collection of plates and not subject to return. ⁂ First edition of the first book devoted to citrus fruit.
Citrus fruits.- Ferrari (Giovanni Battista Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum cultura et usu. Libri quatuor., printed title with woodcut Jesuit device, 85 fine engraved plates on 84 sheets (of 101 on 100 sheets) by Cornelis Bloemaerts and others, plate numbered 201 with short tear at foot, within image, but without loss, occasional spotting, some light browning, [Hunt 243; Nissen BBI 621; Pritzel 2878], folio, Rome, Hermann Scheus, 1646. sold as a collection of plates and not subject to return. ⁂ First edition of the first book devoted to citrus fruit.
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