Iconografia della Storia Naturale delle Madonie / Iconography of the Natural History of the Madonie. Ed. by Mazzola, Pietro and Francesco M. Raimondo. 4 volumes. 2011. 505 col. plates. 1005 p. 4to. Hardcover. In Box. (Bilingual (Italian / English)

Vol.1: Guida alla lettura - Reader's Guide./ Vol. 2: Piante - Plants/Vol. 3: Funghi, Piante, Animali - Fungi, Plants, Animals/ Vol. 4:Ucelli - Birds.- Minà Palumbo collected in the Madonie, a mountainous area in the middle of the northern Sicilian coast. The ability to illustrate f living creature allowed FrancescoMinà Palumbo to create a large body of valuable scientific drawings.His drawings of the wild flora of the Madonie are his only contribution to this field. He wrote nothing on this subject, but his drawings are an important source of useful information. All plates in this edition are accompanied by descriptions, information on distribution, blooming times, etc.