Copperplate title page ornament with cherubs collecting plants and displaying them to an older and significantly more clothed artist

very excited to find that the medium size rare books are not devoid of #pottani

Title page of Clarici’s 1726 “Istoria e coltura delle piante,” printed in black and red, with a decorative plate of two cherubs

Closeup on the cherubs, one of whom is holding flowers and pushing a watering can with his foot and the other of whom is pruning a citrus tree in a very fancy urn

I think I need to start a new thread to collect botanical #puttiofscience. #pottani?
#cherubsofscience