Fossilised wood
Date
1637
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R64776
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 232mm
width (plate): 170mm
height (page): 280mm
width (page): 198mm
width (plate): 170mm
height (page): 280mm
width (page): 198mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two studies of fossilised wood, partially excavated showing the end and length of the plank under layers of earth. The bottom figure shows bark on the outside of the specimen.
Inscribed with plate number 8.
Plate 8 to Trattato del Legno Fossile Minerale Nuovamente Scoperto [Treatise of the newly discovered fossilised mineralised wood] by Francesco Stelluti (1637)
Francesco Stelluti (1577-1652), Italian naturalist, was a founding member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
Inscribed with plate number 8.
Plate 8 to Trattato del Legno Fossile Minerale Nuovamente Scoperto [Treatise of the newly discovered fossilised mineralised wood] by Francesco Stelluti (1637)
Francesco Stelluti (1577-1652), Italian naturalist, was a founding member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
Associated place