Micheli, Pier Antonio

FIRST EDITION, 4to (342 x 237mm.), half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved armorial vignette, folding engraved garden plan, 7 engraved plates, engraved vignettes and initials, contemporary red morocco gilt, central arms gilt of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, within wide foliate borders gilt with foliate cornerpieces, spine gilt in 7 compartments, some wear to binding, head of spine chipped

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708-1765), arms on binding

Pritzel 6203; not in Nissen or Hunt

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Micheli was the curator of the botanical gardens at Florence. He did from pleurisy contracted on one of his plant-collecting expeditions, and this work, a catalogue of the garden’s plants, is posthumous.