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PCT-62830
Tab 68. Antique Print of Champignons by Micheli (1729)
- Condition: Good, given age. There is some old handwriting in the margins, not affecting image. Small stain just outside image top left. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
- Date: 1729
- Overall size: 17.6 x 28.5 cm.
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Description: Antique print, titled: 'Tab 68. Suillus.' - Rare original antique print of Champignons or Straw Mushrooms by Petrro Antonio Micheli, printed in 1729 in Florence for 'Nova Plantarum Genera'. There is an engraved dedication to a patron. The accuracy of his illustrations testify to the author's patient and critical observations.
Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Pier Antonio Micheli' after an anonymous artist. Pier Antonio Micheli (December 11, 1679 – January 1, 1737) was a noted Italian botanist,[1] professor of botany in Pisa, curator of the Orto Botanico di Firenze, author of Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. He discovered the spores of mushrooms, was a leading authority on cryptogams, and coined several important genera of microfungi including Aspergillus and Botrytis.