Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

A plant (Lactuca tuberosa) related to lettuce: entire flowering plant with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A histogram comparing the vitamin C content of various foods. Colour lithograph.

SEM of open stoma on lettuce leaf

Lettuce heart soap : pure extraction for whitening the skin made only for / Roberts & Co.

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 41.0 x 16.2 cm

1 folded sheet (6 page) : colour illustrations ; 21 cm.

Seasonal press : sweetcorn : August's the month ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.

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Lettuce heart soap : pure extraction for whitening the skin made only for / Roberts & Co.

A plant (Lactuca tuberosa) related to lettuce: entire flowering plant with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

SEM of open stoma on lettuce leaf

SEM of open stoma on lettuce leaf

Seasonal press : sweetcorn : August's the month ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.