Christophori A Costa ... Aromaticum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber ?plurimvm lucis adserens iis quae a? Doctore Garcia de Orta in hoc genere /scripta sunt? Caroli Clusii ...
A 1593 Latin herbal printed by the Plantin press in Antwerp, compiled by Cristóbal Acosta with notes by Carolus Clusius on aromatic and medicinal plants of the East Indies, written for physicians and botanists. The woodcuts show plant studies in the herbal style: a large seed pod and smaller seeds, a leafy flowering stem with roots, a climbing bean vine with its fruit, and a dense decorative scroll ornament. A designer could draw on the crisp botanical line work, the labelled plate captions, and the scrollwork border for period-styled botanical or apothecary designs.
