07 November 2018 - Colour plates from Giorgio Bonelli's Hortus Romanus, one of few Italian contributions to the botanical works of the eighteenth century. Bonelli provided only a short text to volume one, while the rest of the volumes are by Niccolo Martelli. The flowers and vegetables in the plates were painted by Cesare Ubertini and engraved by Maddalena Bouchard. It is a rare edition of only 300 copies. It has the bold, exuberant style of the eighteenth century. Bonelli, Giorgio, b. 1724-d. 1803?, Hortus Romanus juxta systema Tournefortianum paulo strictius distributus a Georgio Bonelli Monregalensi ... specierum nomina suppeditante, praestantiorum, quas ipse selegit, adumbrationem dirigente Liberato Sabbati Maevaniensi ... adiectis unicuique volumini rariorum plantarum tabulis 100. aere incisis. Tom. 1. [-8.]. - Romae : sumptibus Bouchard et Gravier : ex typographia Pauli Junchi, 1772-1793. - 8 v. : ill. ; atl