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278 OLD HERBARIA.
latter he really belongs. He was noted for his botanical knowledge,
' herbarum diligentissimus et indefessus investigator, qui
plurimus novas reperit plantas variisque misit, doctissimis in re
herbarus viris, a quibus honorificentissime memoratur.' See Anton.
Bumaldus in ' Bib. Bonon.,' p. 97.' "
It may be of interest to add some notice of a herbarium which
has lately been transferred from the Kew collection to the
Botanical Department of the British Museum. It was formed by
J. M. Ferro, a Venetian apothecary who died in 1673, and is in an
excellent state of preservation. It was at one time in the possession
of L. C. Treviranus, who refers to it in his ' Die Anwending
des Holzschnittes zur bildlichen Darstellung von Pfianzen ' (1855),
p. 46.=*"- It is in three volumes, each with a written title-page, of
which the following is a transcription, in an ornamental printed
border of German design :
" loannis Marise Ferro Veneti Aromataru
Theatru Vegetabiliu
Summo
Lahore, Industria, Sudore, Vigilantia & Experientia
ab eodem
collectoru & in tres Libros digestoru ac dispositoru
Qui
quamplurima alia usq. ad perfectionem
sibi
propositi Operis adiunxisset aliosq. libros confecisset,
Typis
ad hominu utilitatem Opus prestantissimu mandaturus
Ni
Morbo Lethali calculi in Vesica conflictatus, & preuentus
Vita
Cum Morte commutasset
A.D.
M.D.C.L.XXIII
Die
XIX Meusis Junij
Aetatis LXX"
The index to each volume is in the same handwriting as the
above ; on the back of the title of the first is tbe following, in
another hand :
" In Joannem Mariam Ferro Aromatarium Venetum
expertissimum
Primum in arte Botauica
ex innato Calculo Mortuum
etatis
LXX.
* " Das von diesem Ferro nachgelassene Herbarium, welches ich besitze,
besteht aus drei starken Bjinden, deen jeder einen geschriebenen Titel hat,
eingefasst in einen herrlichen Holzschnitt von der Arbeit eiues niclit bezeiehncten,
aber augenscheinlich deutschen Kiinstlers."