Eiusdem Dimidium Citrei

by Giovanni Baptista Ferrari

$400 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 63. Image measures 12 x 8 inches. Beautifully composed depiction of a dissected orange with a baroque title ribbon from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in

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