[xii], 101, [1 blank], [6] pp. 22 finely engraved plates (printed on versos of text leaves), several small woodcuts in text. (Folio) 13¾x9¼, later (19th century) boards. First Edition.

Aldini describes and illustrates the exotics being grown in the Horti Farnesiani in Rome, a private botanic garden. "It is sometimes thought that this book is by Piero Castelli (c. 1575-1657), physician and botanist, founder and director of the Botanical Gardens at Messina, 1638-1640" - Hunt.