FERRARI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Flora overo coltura di fiori... trasporta da Lod. Aureli Perugino. Rome: P.A.Facciotti, 1638. 4to, 243 x 178mm., French calf, covers panelled in gilt, spine elaborately tooled in gilt, g.e., upper cover detached, extremities worn, occasional browning of text. First edition in Italian. Engraved title and 45 plates and plans by Guido Reni, Pietro Cortona, A.Variana and A.Sacchi. The Italian edition of the first of Ferrari's elaborately illustrated botanical works. The first edition (in Latin) was published in 1633. A 19th-century note at the front states that the binding is by Dusseuil. Nissen BBI 620; cf. Hunt 222 (1633 ed. in Latin). A.L.S., bookplate and (?)inscription -- Flora... Lib. IV. Editio Nova. Amsterdam, 1646. 4to, 220 x 170 mm., contemporary vellum, light browning, corner of H4-H8 repaired (affecting margins of 3 plates). Second Edition, engraved portrait and 45 engraved plates. Nissen 620; Pritzel 2877. C. Harman Payne, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (2)