Esperienze intorno alla generazione degli insetti fatte da Francesco Redi... e da lui scritte in una lettera all'illustrissimo signor Carlo Dati
Esperienze intorno alla generazione degli insetti is a 1668 Florentine treatise by the naturalist Francesco Redi, written as a letter to Carlo Dati to report experiments on insect generation. Its copperplate-style plates show lice and other small creatures, each labelled with an Italian name banner and plate number, drawn as large, centred, scientific specimens with careful hatching and tidy outlines that a designer might use for botanical-style layouts, label banners and symmetrical specimen compositions.
