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Aromatic plants

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Images about Aromatic plants

48 images from works
  • Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum angustifolium Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate inflorescence, flower and fruits. Coloured line engraving.
  • A mock orange plant (Philadelphus coronarius): flowering branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Asarabacca (Asarum europaeum L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and cross-sections of the stem and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A plant (Mimusops elengi): branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
  • Damask (Hesperis matronalis L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
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Works from the collections

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    Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18104i
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    Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

    Pierre-Joseph Redouté | Date: [1824] | Reference: 20466i
    • Books

    Plantes à parfums et plantes aromatiques / par Antonin Rolet.

    Antonin Rolet | Date: 1918
    • Journals

    Recherches : revue éditée par la Société anonyme des établissements Roure-Bertrand fils et Justin Dupont.

    | Date: 1952- 1974
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    A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 August 1830 | Reference: 24165i
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Related topics

Plants, Useful
Plants, Cultivated
Botany
Plants, Medicinal
Plants
Plants, Ornamental
History, 18th Century
Herbs
History, 19th Century
Oil flower plants

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