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Botany - History

Images

  • A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Richea glauca: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté after J. Piron.
  • Epidendrum moschatum: flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.
  • Yarrow (Achillea santolina): flowering plant with leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Cineraria aurita: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.

Catalogue

    • Books

    Hortus Malabaricus and the socio-cultural heritage of India / K.S. Manilal.

    Manilal, K. S., 1938- | Date: 2012
    • Pictures

    Scabious (Scabiosa syriaca): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.

    Hill, John, active 1716-1720. | Date: [1759-1775] | Reference: 20744i
    • Books
    • Online

    The British flora medica, or, History of the medicinal plants of Great Britain / by Benjamin H. Barton and Thomas Castle.

    Barton, Benjamin Herbert, active 1835. | Date: 1845
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

    Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840. | Date: [1798] | Reference: 18520i
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    • Online

    A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.

    Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770. | Date: [spring 1736] | Reference: 28364i
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