Book ID: 107761
Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi, Caterina Napoleone, a. oth. (eds.)
Fiori di Sicilia. Acis hortus regius: l'erbario di Giuseppe Riggio, illus- tado da Emanuale Grasso. 1811.(Reprint 2007). 750 col. pls. 400 p. Hardcover.- 22 x 34 cm.
Giuseppe Reggio (1758 - 1830) was farmacist at Acireale, near Catania.For his private pleasure he started cultivating Sicilian and exotic plants. He had no intention to publish a scientific work, but wanted to have images of his plants and made Emanuele Grasso paint the plants in his garden, who completed his work in 1811.