86 TRAVELS THROUGH 



common people Nero di Prato ; frequently em- 

 ployed for ornaments in churches and palaces. 

 The green is called Verde di Prato. 



m. Several handfome tables of the celebrated 

 Marmo Florentine, found at Rimacio near S. Cecina, 

 two Italian miles diftant from Florence, and elfe- 

 where. It offers itfelf biit in fmall beds in the 

 compact limeflone, which is commonly of a grey 

 colour, frequently dendritical, yielding a good 

 lime, and called Alberefe^ or Albazzano. This 

 Florentine marble, reprefenting ruins, is likewife 

 known nnder the name of marmo pa'efino, as the 

 Dendritical under that of Alberino. 1 faw after- 

 wards 



2. Several ores, ftones, fofiils, lavas, &c. from 

 Other provinces in Italy and foreign countries. 

 The Sicilian agates remarkably excellent. 



3. A collection of natural and petrified {hells, 

 zoophytes, and corals ; efpecially from the Adri- 

 atic and Mediterranean fea. 



4. Seeds, fruits, roots, of exotical plants. 



5. A rich Herbary gathered by himfelf. 



6. Micheli's Herbary. 



7. A choice collection of books made by him- 

 felf, or left by Michcli. 



8. The rnanufcripts of Micbeli* and other cele- 

 brated Italian and Tufcan authors. Several of 



them have been noticed by Mr. Tozzetti in his 



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