Aristomachus of Soli, natural historian who studied bees for 62 years. Seated bearded man watching bees on a plant pot. In cornelian. Aristomaco in corniola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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