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A wolf walking towards a dog and away from a sheep, surrounded by various flowers and insects. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1674]Reference: 24375i
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China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16215i
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A plant (Mimusops elengi): branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15923i
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A lily (Lilium album): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24924i
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A plant (Sondaria cranganoorensis Denn.) Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16076i
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Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth): branch with flowers and pods, separate flower, sectioned flower and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16102i
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An idea of a phytological history propounded : together with a continuation of the anatomy of vegetables, particularly prosecuted upon roots : and an account of the vegetation of roots grounded chiefly thereupon / by Nehemiah Grew.
Nehemiah GrewDate: 1673
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Glory Bower (Clerodendron serratum Spreng.): two flowering shoots, infloresence and sections of flower, seed and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15930i
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A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15808i
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Jasmine (Jasminum pubescens Roxb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16274i
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Kembang or Kooning (Cassia surattensis Burm.f.): branch with pods and separate sectioned pod with seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16086i
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Iulii Caesaris Scaligeri Commentarii, et animaduersiones, in sex libros De causis plantarum Theophrasti : exquisitam rerum ac dictionum penitus abstrusarum Graecae Latinae[que] linguae explicationem in his commentariis re ipsa comperient lectores : & ipse index operi additus commonstrabit.
Julius Caesar ScaligerDate: 1566
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A new herball, or historie of plants : wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants: their diuers and sundrie kindes: their names, natures, operations, & vertues: and that not onely of those which are heere growing in this our countrie of England but of al others also of forraine realms commonly vsed in physicke. First set foorth in the Dutch or Almaigne toong, by that learned D. Rembert Dodens, phisition to the Emperor: and now first translated out of French into English, by Henrie Lyte Esquier.
Rembert DodoensDate: 1595
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Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16263i
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Rams little Dodeon [sic] : A briefe epitome of the new herbal, or histoy of plants. Wherein is contayned the disposition and true declaration of the phisike helpes of all sortes of herbes and plants, vnder their names and operations, not onely of those which are here in this our Countrey of England growing but of all others also of other realmes, countreyes and nations vsed in phisike: Collected out of the most exquisite newe herball, or history of plants, first set forth in the Dutch or Almayne tongue, by ... D. Reinbert Dodeon, ... and lately translated into English by Henry Lyte, ... and now collected and abridged by William Ram, Gent. Pandit oliua suos Ramos.
Rembert DodoensDate: 1606
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Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16107i
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Kandel or Mangrove plant (Kandelia candel (L.) Druce): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16207i
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Albertus Magnus de secretis mulierum. Item de virtutibus herbarum lapidum et animalium.
Albertus MagnusDate: A[nn]o 1669
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Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24935i
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A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24895i
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A plant (Mimosa bigemina Linn.): branch with flowers, pods and seeds and separate flower and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16100i
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White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
Reference: 27924i
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A daffodil (Narcissus species): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24930i
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Herbario nuouo di Castore Durante medico, & cittadino romano. : Con figure, che rappresentano le viue piante, che nascono in tutta Europa, & nell'Indie orientali, & occidentali. Con versi latini, che comprendono le facoltà de i semplici medicamenti. Con discorsi, che dimostrano i nomi, le spetie, la forma, il loco, il tempo, le qualità, & le virtù mirabili dell'herbe, insieme col peso, & ordine da vsarle, scoprendosi rari secreti, & singolari rimedij da sanar le più difficili infirmità del corpo humano.
Castore DuranteDate: 1585
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Protium serratum: fruiting branch, sections of fruit and conspicuous insect. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15938i

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A wolf walking towards a dog and away from a sheep, surrounded by various flowers and insects. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

A plant (Mimusops elengi): branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower. Coloured line engraving.

A lily (Lilium album): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A plant (Sondaria cranganoorensis Denn.) Coloured line engraving.

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth): branch with flowers and pods, separate flower, sectioned flower and seed. Coloured line engraving.

An idea of a phytological history propounded : together with a continuation of the anatomy of vegetables, particularly prosecuted upon roots : and an account of the vegetation of roots grounded chiefly thereupon / by Nehemiah Grew.

Glory Bower (Clerodendron serratum Spreng.): two flowering shoots, infloresence and sections of flower, seed and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

Jasmine (Jasminum pubescens Roxb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Kembang or Kooning (Cassia surattensis Burm.f.): branch with pods and separate sectioned pod with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Iulii Caesaris Scaligeri Commentarii, et animaduersiones, in sex libros De causis plantarum Theophrasti : exquisitam rerum ac dictionum penitus abstrusarum Graecae Latinae[que] linguae explicationem in his commentariis re ipsa comperient lectores : & ipse index operi additus commonstrabit.

Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.

Kandel or Mangrove plant (Kandelia candel (L.) Druce): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Albertus Magnus de secretis mulierum. Item de virtutibus herbarum lapidum et animalium.

Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A plant (Mimosa bigemina Linn.): branch with flowers, pods and seeds and separate flower and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.

A daffodil (Narcissus species): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Protium serratum: fruiting branch, sections of fruit and conspicuous insect. Coloured line engraving.