Exoticorvm Libri Decem: Quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum Fructuum historiae describuntur (Ten Books of Exotics: In Which Animals, Plants, Herbs, and Other Foreign Fruits of History Are Described)
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Carolus Clusius(French, 1526 - 1609)French, 1526 - 1609
CultureFrench
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- Exoticorvm Libri Decem: Quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum Fructuum historiae describuntur (Ten Books of Exotics: In Which Animals, Plants, Herbs, and Other Foreign Fruits of History Are Described)
Date1605
MediumBook
DimensionsClosed: 13 15/16 × 9 1/8 x 1 15/16 in. (35.4 × 23.1 x 5 cm)
Open: 13 15/16 × 19 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (35.4 × 49 x 5 cm)
Approx. width in cradle: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)
Open: 13 15/16 × 19 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (35.4 × 49 x 5 cm)
Approx. width in cradle: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2022.11
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