Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl'insetti
Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl'insetti is a 1688 Florentine treatise on insects by the physician and naturalist Francesco Redi, printed by the Stamperia di P. Matini for natural philosophers and readers of experimental science. The single plate shows a louse-like insect above a beetle, both drawn in fine etched line with scroll cartouches carrying Latin-style captions, a sparse, scientific style a designer could adapt for botanical or specimen-chart motifs.
