N. 2 Ancient Numbered Prints

n. 2 numbered and hand colored watercolor reproduction prints on medium thickness paper protected by glass and equipped with golden passe-partout and wooden frame. Both taken from one of the editions of "Dei Discorsi" by the Sienese doctor Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1578), an ancient botanical Renaissance work of great importance given its over sixty editions in different languages. The volume, published for the first time in the Italian vernacular in 1544 and in Latin in 1554, remained a fundamental point of reference for botany scholars at least throughout the seventeenth century. The text, universally known by the Latin title "Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de materia medica", is enriched by a thousand woodcut images, numbered plates of large dimensions and high accuracy and precision, deriving from the observation of plants from life, designed by Giorgio Liberale da Udine and engraved on wood by Wolfgang Meyerpeck, German engraver. Subjects : “1284 - Consiligine, overo elleboro fake” and “417-Formento Indiano”
Period: dating back to between the end of the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
State of conservation: both prints are intact but in a clear state of wear and degradation and there are evident mold spots on the entire surface - ref. Living room compartment II room 9 dating back to between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century State of conservation: both prints are intact but in an evident state of wear and tear and there are evident spots of mold on the entire surface - ref. Living room compartment II room 9 dating back to between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century State of conservation: both prints are intact but in an evident state of wear and tear and there are evident spots of mold on the entire surface - ref. Living room compartment II room 9