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Concept

Laurel

Images

  • Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Spurge laurel (daphne laureola. Family: Thymelaeaceae) : Myolgin tablets.
  • Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.
  • Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.
  • A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Laurel leaves and berries: a moulding. Pencil drawing, 1899.

    | Date: 1899 | Reference: 2897607i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

    Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770. | Date: [1750-53] | Reference: 18379i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus. Family: Rosaceae) : Extil tablets relieve nasal and respiratory congestion.

    | Date: [between 1956 and 1966?]
    • Pictures

    Laurel plant (Laurus cinnamomum): flowering stem. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

    Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836. | Date: 4 June 1807 | Reference: 21001i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

    | Date: [between 1834 and 1837] | Reference: 577950i
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