De plantis exoticis libri duo Prosperi Alpini, philosophi medici, in gymnasium Patauino medicamentorum simplicium professoris ordinarij, & horti medici praefecti

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First edition of a descriptive catalog of exotic plants by Italian physician and botanist Prosper Alpini (1553-1617), edited by his son and published after the author's death. A key example of pre-Linnaean botany, it is an expansion of Alpini's first botanical work, De Plantis Aegypti Liber (Venice, 1592). Alpini's descriptions and illustrations are based on specimens of the plants grown in the Botanical Garden of Padua, where he was professor of botany.