Alpini, P. De Plantis Exoticis libri duo. Venetiis, I. Guerilium, 1617. 4to. pp. (16), 344, with 145 full-page engraved plates. Paeonia?


First edition. Hunt 211: "The descriptions and illustrations of exotic plants were made by Prospero Alpini when he was director of the Botanic Gardens at Padua (1603-1616), and published posthumously by his son. The plants described were grown from seeds sent to Alpini from many distant places".