Flora sinensis, fructus floresque humillime porrigens serenissimo et potentissimo Leopoldo Ignatio, Hungariae regi florentissimo, &c. Fructus saecul promittenti Augustissimos
Flora sinensis is a 1656 Latin botanical book printed in Vienna by Michel Boym, a Jesuit missionary from China, dedicated to the Habsburg emperor's young son Leopold Ignatius. The pages are engraved plates of Chinese fruit trees and plants, each labelled with Chinese characters beside Latin and romanized names, so a designer could draw on their precise, legible linework and the mix of script with botanical specimens.
