M0015409: Illustration of hyoscyamus, Fuchs, 1542

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Hyoscyamus.

Illustration from a copy of Leonhart Fuchs' De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes, 1542, held by the British Library.

October 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a similar edition of the item depicted in the glass plate negative, but with colour illustrations: EPB/D/2438

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.