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<dl><dd>3 volumes : 23 cm (4to)</dd>
<dd>Flilippo Arena published under the name of his nephew, the abbot Ignazio Arena</dd>
<dd>Engraved title vignette in v.1; woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Pagination, volume 1: VIII, 440 pages; volume 2: VIII, 167, [1] pages (final page blank)</dd>
<dd>The third volume comprises 65 double-page engraved plates. The first plate is a frontispiece with motto "Flora cuique suoi fruttus ex floribus offert", signed below "Philippus Arena adjuvante P. Mario Cammareri hanc et sequentes tab. fec."</dd>
<dd>Signatures, tomo 1: pi⁴ A-3I⁴; tomo 2: pi⁴ A-X⁴</dd>
<dd>Some of the flower images are derived from Weinmann's Phytanthoza iconographia (1737-45), others are from Ferrari's De florum cultura (1633)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Floriculture -- Early works to 1800; Flowers -- Early works to 1800; Botany -- Pre-Linnean works; Flower gardening -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Arena, Filippo, 1708-1789 author, engraver</div>
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