Trattato di Christoforo Acosta africano medico, & chirurgo della historia, natura, et virtu delle droghe medicinali, & altri semplici rarissimi, che vengono portati dalle Indie Orientali in Europa, : con le figure delle piante ritratte, & disegnate dal viuo poste a'luoghi proprij.
This 1585 Italian treatise by Cristóbal Acosta, a physician and surgeon, was printed in Venice by Francesco Ziletti and describes medicinal drugs and rare simples brought from the East Indies to Europe for physicians and apothecaries. Its woodcuts are decorative historiated initials with foliage, flowers and arabesque borders, plus botanical plates of leafy branches with fruit drawn from life, which suggest ornamental letter frames and naturalistic plant studies for designers.
