Hoefnagel & Hoefnagel’s Archetypa
http://www.spamula.net/blog/2004/11/hoefnagel_hoefnagels_archetypa.html
Frankfurt in 1592
The Archetypa is notable as one of the earliest books in which plants, and, more especially, insects (and other coldbloods) were depicted with any degree of ‘scientific’ accuracy.








Frankfurt in 1592
The Archetypa is notable as one of the earliest books in which plants, and, more especially, insects (and other coldbloods) were depicted with any degree of ‘scientific’ accuracy.