Herbal
by GRECHE, Domenico dalle, Manuscript (It. II. 26-30, 5 volumes)
This botanical treatise is the autograph of Pietro Antonio Michiel (1510-1576) a Venetian patrician. This work describes over one thousand plants in five volumes, each having their own page numbering and are distinguished by the parchment bindings: red for volumes I an II, green for volume III, yellow for volume IV and violet blue for volume V. On the recto of each leaf is a watercolour drawing of a plant, executed by Domenico dalle Greche. On the verso are the name and a description of the plant.
The illustration shown here is taken from volume IV (folio 87).