Dell'historia natvrale di Ferrante Imperato napoletano libri XXVIII : nella qvale ordinatamente si tratta della diuersa condition di miniere e pietre : con alcune historie di piante & animali, sin'hora non date in luce
Dell'historia naturale is a 1599 Neapolitan natural history in Italian by Ferrante Imperato, a Naples apothecary and collector, printed in Naples by Costantino Vitale for scholars and cabinet-of-curiosities collectors. Its woodcuts show stones and minerals drawn in fine parallel hatching, with bubbled concretions, a mottled rock cross-section, and faceted crystals, offering a designer models of textured rock and mineral surfaces.
