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Botany - Pre-Linnean works

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  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
  • 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.
  • Avicennia officinalis L.: branch with flowers, fruit and leaves and separate sections of fruits, flowers and kernels. Coloured line engraving.
  • Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum angustifolium Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate inflorescence, flower and fruits. Coloured line engraving.
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    A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15951i
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    Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.

    Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. | Date: [1731-1749] | Reference: 21005i
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    Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 24654i
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    Indian Copal (Vateria indica L.): branch with flowers, leaves and fruit and dissected fruit showing seed. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15872i
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    A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1685] | Reference: 16073i
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