The Four Books Of Botanical Things

Description

Interesting treatise on botany composed in verse and prose and enriched with detailed illustrative plates. The work, dedicated to the Most Illustrious Father Girolamo Lagomarsini of the Society of Jesus, features a coeval cardboard binding, the manuscript title on the spine, a plate on the title page and a copper-engraved vignette on the title page. During the Age of Enlightenment, the natural sciences took a great leap forward, and in 1716 the Florentine Botanical Society, Europe's first botanical academy, was founded.