Fossilised wood
Date
1637
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R64776
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 233mm
width (plate): 167mm
height (page): 280mm
width (page): 198mm
width (plate): 167mm
height (page): 280mm
width (page): 198mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Four figures of fossilised wood. Figure A shows a section of ‘spice wood’ with rods of metal running though it. Figure D is described as carved and black from fire and shows the texted surface of the specimen. Figures B and C show two trunks with fibrous bark.
Inscribed with the plate number ‘10’ and individual figures ‘A-D’.
Plate 10 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 the plate number ‘10’ and individual figures ‘A-D’.
Plate 10 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.
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