An early herbarium

Gregorio Regio

c.1595 (bound 1606)

Manuscript

This is thought to be the oldest herbarium in Britain. It consists of specimens gathered in Northern Italy by a Capuchin monk, Gregorio Reggio, and was later acquired in Italy by the English botanist William Sherard.

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