{"product_id":"narcissus-hepatica-journal-gherardo-cibo-1564","title":"Narcissus \u0026 Hepatica Journal — Gherardo Cibo 1564","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery botanical illustrator of the Renaissance painted plants against a blank background — isolated, precise, removed from the world they grew in. Gherardo Cibo did something no one else did: he put them back. His watercolour and gouache miniatures of the 1560s show narcissus and hepatica rooted in the actual landscape of the Roman States, with rolling hills, distant towns, birds in flight, and small human figures behind them — an ecological insight expressed in paint nearly five centuries before ecology became a science.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe front cover reproduces Cibo's c.1564 narcissus miniature from the Paintings of Flora of the Roman States — Narcissus tazetta and Narcissus poeticus depicted with meticulous watercolour and gouache precision, roots, bulbs, stems, and flowers all rendered with the scientific rigour of the Mattioli pharmacobotanical tradition, set against a living landscape of rolling hills, a distant town beside water, and birds in flight over the Roman States countryside. The back cover presents Cibo's Hepatica nobilis from the same series — its characteristic blue-purple flowers and three-lobed leaves rendered with the same luminous technique, a small human figure moving through the landscape behind it, the doctrine of signatures made visible in paint.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: 5.75 × 8 in (14.6 × 20.3 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforated pages — tear out cleanly without damaging the binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper weight: 90 gsm, suitable for fountain pens and pencils\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover with matte finish, casewrap sewn binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 400 g (14.1 oz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRenaissance art and botanical illustration collectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovers of narcissus, hepatica, and early modern natural history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdmirers of Italian Renaissance science and pharmacobotany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThose drawn to the intersection of art, landscape, and botanical precision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents and researchers of sixteenth-century Italian natural philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThoughtful gifts for historians, botanists, and lovers of rare illustrated manuscripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead more: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/gherardo-cibo-1564-botanical-landscape-narcissus-hepatica-roman-states-mattioli\"\u003eGherardo Cibo and the Botanical Landscape: Plants in Their Place\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":63370502078833,"sku":"14352665683653142851","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Gherardo_Cibo_c.1564_Narcissus_Hepatica_journal_at_Italian_Renaissance_garden_stone_table_with_narcissus_flowers_cypress_trees_and_Umbrian_hills.png?v=1774987550","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/narcissus-hepatica-journal-gherardo-cibo-1564","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}