Images Dated 2013

Zingiber officinale, ginger

Zingiber officinale, ginger. Kohler, Kohler's Medicinal Plants, 1887, Plate 202

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Vanilla planifolia

Epidendrum vanille, Vanilla planifolia, vanilla. REGNAULT Nicolas Francois (1746-c.1810) and Genevive de Nangis REGNAULT (b.1746). La Botanique mise a la portee de tout le Monde: ou collection des Plantes d'usage dans la Medecine, dans les Alimens et dans les Arts. Vol. 3, 1774, Tab.156 t. 156

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Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), woodblock print and manuscript on paper, 1828

Wood block print and manuscript on paper, Japan, 1828. The wood block prints meassure approximately 25 cm in height. The wood block print is from Honzo Zufu or Illustrated Manual of Medicinal Plants by Iwasaki Kan'en, also known as Iwasaki Tsunemasa, 1786-1842. This botanical manual was compiled during the Tokugawa era (1603-1867)

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