Memorie di osservazioni e di sperienze sopra la colutra, e gli usi di varie piante che servono, o che servir possono utilmente alla tintura, all'economia, all'agricoltura, ec
An 18th-century Italian treatise by naturalist Pietro Arduino, printed in Padua in 1766 by the Seminary press, on plants useful for dyeing, economy and agriculture, written for scholars and practical growers. Its pictures are copperplate botanical plates of leafy flowering sprigs with detailed leaf and flower studies, plus ornate rococo cartouches with scrolls, shells and fruit baskets that a designer could borrow for framing devices and decorative borders.
