Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu, Plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia

Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587, Cesi, Federico, 1585-1630. Phytosophicae tabulae, Colonna, Fabio, 1567-1650, Deversini, Biagio, 17th cent, Faber, Johannes, 1574-1629, Greuter, Johann Friedrich, 1590-1662, Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587. Historiae animalium et mineralium Novae Hispaniae liber unicus, Mascardi, Vitale, Masotti, Zenobio, fl. 1663-1671, Recchi, Nardo Antonio, Terentius, Joannes, 1576-1630 · 1651 · Romae : Ex typographeio Vitalis Mascardi · 810 pictures

This 1651 Roman edition, printed by Vitale Mascardi, is a natural history and materia medica work by Francisco Hernández, a physician sent to New Spain, with additions by Federico Cesi, Fabio Colonna and Biagio Deversini, written for naturalists and physicians. Its woodcut plates show Mexican plants drawn whole, with roots, stems, leaves and flowers set against a plain ground, giving a designer clear, consistent botanical line work to borrow for patterns or labels.

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