Pier Antonio Micheli

opus postumum iussu Societatis botanicae editum, continuatum, et ipsius horti historia locupletatum ab Io. Targionio Tozzettio flor. med. [...], Florentiae, Ex Tipographia Bernardi Paperini, 1748. In-2° (310x225 mm). LXXXVIII, 185, VII botanical plates at the end based on drawings by Menabuoni and Bonechi + 1 folded (Ichnographia horti Florentini) engraved by Marcantonio Corsi based on a drawing by Antonio Falleri as in the copperplate vignette on p. XIII; copperplate coat of arms of the dedicatee, Emperor Francis I, on the frontispiece. printed in red and black; beautiful figured initials, copperplate and woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. From p. 103 Appendix ad Petri Antonii Michelii catalogum plantarum horti cesarei Florentini by Giovanni Targionii Tozzettii, with its own small opening. Half parchment binding with corners. Fresh interior, marginal copy

Handwritten note at the bottom of the title page.
First edition, published posthumously, edited and supplemented by Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti, complete with all the plates and in excellent condition