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Francisci Redi, nobilis Aretini, Experimenta circa res diversas naturales, speciatim illas, quae ex Indiis adferuntur. Ex Italico Latinitate donata

Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698, Bourdelot, Pierre, 1610-1684 or 5, Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, Moro, Alessandro, Lachmund, Friedrich, 1635-1676 · 1675 · Amstelodami, Sumptibus Andreae Frisii · 35 pictures

Francesco Redi's Latin edition of his experiments on natural objects brought from the Indies, translated from Italian and published in Amsterdam in 1675 for natural history readers and scholars. The four engravings show small rounded objects, such as seeds or eggs, drawn in cross-hatched and stippled line with careful shading, offering a designer examples of dense woven-look textures and scaled surfaces.

Natural history · Snakes · Diomedea · Albatrosses

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