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Herbario nuouo / di Castore Durante medico, et 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 da i quali si insegna il modo di cauar l'acque, & farne vini medicinali, & molti antidoti salutiferi. Con discorsi che dimostrano i nomi, le spetie, la forma, il loco, il tempo, le qualità, & le virtù mirabili dell'herbe.
Castore DuranteDate: MDLXXXV. [1585]
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A rose (Rosa species): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24933i
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Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
Jacob van HuysumDate: [1741]Reference: 25314i
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An auricula plant (Primula auricula): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24906i
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Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15947i
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Stirpium aduersaria noua, perfacilis vestigatio : luculentaqne [sic] accessio ad priscorum, pr[a]esertim Dioscoridis & recentiorum, materiam medicam. Quibus prope diem accedet altera pars. Qua coniectaneorum de plantis appendix, de succis medicatis et metallicis sectio, antiquæ & nouatæ medicin[a]e lectiorum remedioru[m] thesaurus opulentissimus, de succedaneis libellus continentur. Authoribus Petro Pena. & Mathia de Lobel, medicis.
Pierre PenaDate: 1570 [i.e. 1571 (1 Jan.)]
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London.
John GerardDate: Anno 1636
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A daffodil (Narcissus species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems with two butterflies. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [1660?]Reference: 24941i
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Guatteria acutiflora Dunal: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, some with subtending leaf. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16010i
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Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15805i
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Alangium salvifolium Wang.: branch with flowers, fruit and leaves.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15875i
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Fever bark (a species of Croton): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower, fruit and seeds and sections of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16017i
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A species of Cassine: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seeds and cross-section of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 15995i
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A plant (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and pods and separate pod and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16190i
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A violet (Viola lutea): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Nicolas RobertDate: [c. 1660]Reference: 24942i
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Herbarum, arborum, fruticum, frumentorum ac leguminum, animalium praeterea terrestrium, volatiliu et aquatilium, aliorumq. : quorum in medicinis usus est, simplicium, imagines, ad vivum recens depictae, und cum eorundem nomenclaturis variarum linguarum usitatis, viribus item et facultatibus peculiaribus / [Christian Egelnoff] ; estudios Juan Erviti Unzué, Ana Isabel Martínez de Aguirre, Roberto San Martín.
Christian EgenolffDate: 2001
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Balsami, opobalsami, carpobalsami, & xylobalsami, cum suo cortice explanatio. Interprete & auctore Matthia de L'Obel, Medico insulano, Gallo- Belga. Ad clarissimum & honoratissimum dominum D. Georgium Careyum, baronem de Hunsdon, nobilissimi ordinis periscelidis equitem auratum, sacri cubiculi præfectum. Regiæ Maiestati à sanctioribus consilijs, & vectis insulæ administratorem.
Matthias de l'ObelDate: 1598
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A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1674]Reference: 24369i
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A heliotrope (Heliotropium minus): entire flowering plant. Woodcut.
Reference: 27935i
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Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
Date: [1671]Reference: 24651i
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A plant (Rumphia amboiensis): branch with flowers and fruit, seed and cross-section of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15852i
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A wooded valley with a plant of the Araceae family in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthaeus Merian the elder, c. 1629.
Date: [1629]Reference: 24649i
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A plant (Randia dumetorum): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1683]Reference: 15861i
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A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1674]Reference: 24361i
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A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16217i

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

Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

An auricula plant (Primula auricula): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London.

A daffodil (Narcissus species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems with two butterflies. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Guatteria acutiflora Dunal: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, some with subtending leaf. Coloured line engraving.

Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Alangium salvifolium Wang.: branch with flowers, fruit and leaves.

Fever bark (a species of Croton): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower, fruit and seeds and sections of fruit. Coloured line engraving.

A species of Cassine: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seeds and cross-section of fruit. Coloured line engraving.

A plant (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and pods and separate pod and seed. Coloured line engraving.

A violet (Viola lutea): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.

A heliotrope (Heliotropium minus): entire flowering plant. Woodcut.

Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

A plant (Rumphia amboiensis): branch with flowers and fruit, seed and cross-section of fruit. Coloured line engraving.

A wooded valley with a plant of the Araceae family in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthaeus Merian the elder, c. 1629.

A plant (Randia dumetorum): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.

A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.