Botanical Engraving of Two Kinds of Gromell or Gromwell Plants

by Botanical Engraving, John Gerard

A$125 · Offered by Asia Bookroom · No longer available

[London]. [ 1633]. Original black and white botanical engravings on a folio leaf, laid paper 34.6 x 23 cm, with explanatory text, edges age-toned, but in very good condition. Handsome engravings of Gromell or Gromwell plants (borage), with text noting its medicinal use "especially [to] breaketh the stone in the..... More

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