De plantis exoticis libri duo /Prosperi Alpini ... ; opus completum, editum studio, ac opera Alpini Alpini ...
A 1629 Venetian botanical treatise by Prosper Alpini, edited by Alpino Alpini and printed by Io. Guerilium, covering exotic plants of Crete, Greece and Egypt for physicians and naturalists. The four pictures are small printer's ornaments: symmetrical diamond-shaped clusters of curling scrolls and fleurons, printed in black on cream paper, useful for borders, frames or vintage decorative motifs.




















