'Sambucus'
Date
1750
Creator
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 - 1758, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
28651
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 375mm
width (page): 228mm
width (page): 228mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of an elderberry branch, Sambucus, showing the fruit and the flowers. The plant is more common in the Northern Hemisphere, its Southern Hemispher occurence is limited to parts of Australasia and South America.
Plate 151 from Elizabeth Blackwell's Vermehrtes und verbessertes Blackwellisches Krauter-Buch..., volume two; the German version of her A Curious Herbal (1737-1739), a reference work on medicinal plants.
Inscribed below: 'Sambucus [1-9 Bliithe 10. Beer 11. 12. Saame]'
Translates as: 'Sambucus [1-9 unknown [?] 10. Berry. 11. 12. Seeds]'
Plate 151 from Elizabeth Blackwell's Vermehrtes und verbessertes Blackwellisches Krauter-Buch..., volume two; the German version of her A Curious Herbal (1737-1739), a reference work on medicinal plants.
Inscribed below: 'Sambucus [1-9 Bliithe 10. Beer 11. 12. Saame]'
Translates as: 'Sambucus [1-9 unknown [?] 10. Berry. 11. 12. Seeds]'
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