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Cupani, Francesco (1657-1711)

Hortus catholicus seu Principis catholicae. Ducis Misilmeri. 
Neapoli, apud Franc. Benzi, 1696. Supplementum.
Panormi, typis Gramignani, 1697. (Bib. Nat. Paris; Brit.
Mus.; Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Cat. 1:406; Bib. Commun.
Palermo, in its Cat. (1855-57), p.859)

Garden of Giuseppe del Bosco, Catholic prince,
who died 1721. Situated Misilmeri near Palermo;
founded about 1690, and directed by Cupani. See
Saccardo, La botanica in Italia, 1:209 and 2:148.

Roy-Chevrier, Ampélographie rétrospective
(1900) p.18, says this gives the species of vines
of southern Europe, with a long list of common
names and synonyms.

Curti, Francesco (b.1603)

Michaud, Blog. Univ., Nouv. ed., 9:581 (1854)
says "François" Curti was born Bologna 1603, and
died toward the end of the 17th century.  Painter
and engraver. Nothing is known of his painting;
his plates are mostly engraved with the burin.
Brit. Mus. Cat. gives under his name: "Esemplare
per li principianti del disegno" (Bononiae, 1640)
17 plates without text.

Ad vivum exprimebat Franciscus Curtus bononiensis. [Bologna?, 
Giuseppe Longhi forma, n.d.] Engraved title and
32 pl. F°. (Arn. Arb.)

Plates same as those issued under title: "Variae 
ac multiformes species expressae ad vivum
et aeneis tabulis incisae authore N. Robert"
(Romae, 1665), q.v.

Wheldon & Wesley, Illus. Cat. (n.s.) 6 (1923),
item 30, advertise a work by Curtus with bracketed 
title: [Flores ... 1640 ?], with title and
32 plates as above. They note: "Rare; unknown
to Brunet & Pritzel. The figures were afterwards
re-engraved in reverse by Nicolas Robert. They
are included in the series issued by Poilly".

Altho unknown to Pritzel, the work is listed
by Seguier, p. 48, with title: "Florum imagines.
Tabulae XXXI á  Josepho Longo excussae. in fol."

See also notes under Robert, Nicolas.
        