De Florum Cultura Libri IV

Author: Ferrari, Giovanni Baptista

Publisher: Paulinus, Stephanus

Published: Rome

Publishing year: 1633

Ferrari, Giovanni Baptista (1584-1655). "De Florum Cultura Libri IV". Rome: Stephanus Paulinus, 1633. First edition. 4to. (10), 522, (15) pp. with 45 engraved plates. Half-leather binding from the 19th century with gilt title on the spine.

 Giovanni Baptista (also Battista) Ferrari (1584 in Siena - 1 February 1655 in Siena), was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome, a botanist, and an author of illustrated botanical books. He devoted himself till 1632 to the study and cultivation of ornamental plants, and published De Florum Cultura, which was illustrated with copperplates by, amongst others, Anna Maria Vaiani, possibly the first female copper-engraver. The first book deals with the design and maintenance of the garden and garden equipment. The second book provides descriptions of the different flowers, while the third book deals with the culture of these flowers. The fourth book, continues with a treatise on the use and beauty of the flower species, including their different varieties and mutations. - The binding a little abraded, the engraved frontispiece missing, otherwise well preserved, untrimmed (!).

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