Above, a sprig of a clove tree, a beetle, two sprigs of a cassia tree bearing leaves from which senna is extracted, a beaver and three different cavies (small rodents); below, two beetles and a mocking creeper. Etching by Heath.

Date:
1806
Reference:
40491i
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[London] (6, New Bridge St., Blackfriars) : Published for Richard Phillips, 1806.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 28.1 x 22.6 cm

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Natural history. Caryophyllus aromaticus... Heath sc. The animals and plants are numbered from 92-101 and named

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Not found in: John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993

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Wellcome Collection 40491i

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