Figure 201
Page from Rariorum Stirpium Hispaniæ Historia: Plantin, Antwerp
From a copy in Harvard College Library (facsimile), Biblioteca Digital Real Jardín Botánico (scan, p. 245)
1576
A 12mo herbal, Rariorum Stirpium Hispaniæ Historia, by Charles de l’Écluse (Clusius), printed by Plantin in 1576,—also set almost entirely in italic,—resembles French or Italian work. Simple in arrangement, and with charming woodcuts of plants, it is another example of his earlier and more intimate manner.