Exactissima Descriptio Rariorum Quarundam Plantarum, Que Continentur Rome in Horto Farnesiano

Rome: Jacobi Mascardi, 1625. Hardcover. Very Good+. [xii], 100, [8] pages. 22 engraved plates, woodcut text illustrations, engraved title, slim folio, modern mottled calf, spine gilt, edges speckled red. First edition of this study of rare and exotic plants (not native to Europe) obtained and cultivated by Aldini in the Roman Renaissance Gardens of the Palazzon. Castelli was a Roman professor of botany who founded the Botanical Gardens at Messina. A very nice copy showcasing fine engravings.