Fossilised wood
Date
1637
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R64776
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 233mm
width (plate): 169mm
height (page): 280mm
width (page): 198mm
width (plate): 169mm
height (page): 280mm
width (page): 198mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Five studies of fossilised wood.
Inscribed with the plate number ‘12’ and individual figures ‘H, I, L, M, N’.
Plate 12 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 ‘12’ and individual figures ‘H, I, L, M, N’.
Plate 12 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