Exactissima Descriptio Rariorum Quarundam Plantarum, Qu[a]e continentur Rom[a]e in Horto Farnesiano
by Castelli, Pietro; Aldini, Tobia
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Rome: Jacobi Mascardi, 1625. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Modern paper boards; hinges cracking, spine covering torn at foot of spine, corners worn. Engraved title-page and illustrations, 22 full page; light staining in the margins of many leaves, variable foxing, heavy browning to two text leaves at rear. First edition of this lovely catalog of rare plants in the garden of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese on Palatine Hill in Rome. Aldini, the curator of the garden, is credited on the title page, but it was written by his friend the botanist Pietro Castelli. Graesse A63. [12], 101, [6]pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044451.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044451
- Title
- Exactissima Descriptio Rariorum Quarundam Plantarum, Qu[a]e continentur Rom[a]e in Horto Farnesiano
- Author
- Castelli, Pietro; Aldini, Tobia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jacobi Mascardi
- Place of Publication
- Rome
- Date Published
- 1625
- Keywords
- Gardening; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
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Pazzo Books
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Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Folio
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