Note 22 — Chapter II · Artificial Systems and Terminology of Organs from Cesalpino to Linnaeus. 1583-1760.
Henry E. F. (Henry Edward Fowler) Garnsey translation
The wood-engraving of the 16th century had fallen into decay, and engraving on copper-plate had taken its place. A thick volume of figures of plants in the largest folio size engraved on copper, the ‘Hortus Eistädtensis,’ appeared in the beginning of the 17th century.