Nova Stirpivm adversaria : perfacilis vestigatio, lvcvlentaquv accessio ad priscorum, praesertim Dioscoridis, & recentiorum, materiam medicam
Nova Stirpivm adversaria is a 1576 botanical treatise on medicinal plants by Pierre Pena and Matthias de L'Obel, printed in Antwerp by Christophe Plantin for physicians and herbalists studying Dioscorides and recent authors. The woodcuts show whole plants with roots, stems, branching leaves and small flower heads, drawn in clear outline, so a designer could borrow their botanical structure and engraved line for natural motifs.
