321 results filtered with: Botany - History
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Hortus Malabaricus and the socio-cultural heritage of India / K.S. Manilal.
K. S. ManilalDate: 2012- Pictures
Scabious (Scabiosa syriaca): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.
Hill, John, active 1716-1720Date: [1759-1775]Reference: 20744i
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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
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Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
Pierre-Joseph RedoutéDate: [1798]Reference: 18520i
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A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
Georg Dionysius EhretDate: [spring 1736]Reference: 28364i- Pictures
Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.
Mark CatesbyDate: [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- Books
Flore magique et astrologique de l'antiquité / Guy Ducourthial ; préface de Danielle Gourevitch.
Ducourthial, GuyDate: 2003
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Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
John WebberDate: 1 August 1788Reference: 20137i
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Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
Georg Dionysius EhretDate: [1750-53]Reference: 18410i
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Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.
Georg Dionysius EhretReference: 18634i- Books
The brother gardeners : botany, empire and the birth of an obsession / Andrea Wulf.
Andrea WulfDate: 2008
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Floral bouquet. Engraving by N. de Poilly, c.1660, after himself.
Nicolas de PoillyDate: 1660Reference: 20322i
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Heritiera fomes: flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.
Date: [1800]Reference: 20148i
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A plant (Alyssum vesicaria): fruiting plant, leaves and fruit. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Claude AubrietDate: [1718]Reference: 20859i- Books
Description, division, definition : Cæsalpinus and the study of plants as an independent discipline / by Kristian Jensen.
Jensen, KristianDate: 2001
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A plant (Brucea species): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J.F. Miller, c.1796, after himself.
Miller, John Frederick, active 1772-1796Date: [1796]Reference: 20477i
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Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
Cornelis de BruijnDate: [1718]Reference: 20300i- Books
Louis XIV's botanical engravings / Alain Renaux.
Renaux, AlainDate: 2008
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Cedar (Cedrus sp.): tree with separate segments of cones and leaves. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D.Ehret.
Georg Dionysius EhretDate: [1750-53]Reference: 18377i
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An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Claude AubrietDate: [1718]Reference: 20847i
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Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.
Date: [1676]Reference: 20837i
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20096i- Pictures
Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20787i
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Medlar (Mespilus germanica): fruiting stem, leaf and fruit segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Claude AubrietDate: [1718]Reference: 20869i