190 YEARS OLD.
AUTHENTIC FINE COPPER ENGRAVING from the 1800s.
Taken from " Flore médicale" by Chaumeton.
The "Flore Médicale" is one of the most important French books on the study of medicinal boards in the nineteenth century. It gives to read the description, the history, as well as the use and the virtues of the plants. The plants are represented in their entirety, accompanied by details of their flowers and their seeds.
A work most notable for its fine illustrations in the Pierre-Joseph Redouté style of stipple-engraving by Turpin and Anne-Ernestine Panckoucke.
Dimension approx :
20 cm x 12 cm / 7.87 x 4.72 inches.
Condition :
Very good condition. Some foxing are possible.
Printed on good ivory handmade paper.
Reverse side is blank.
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Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff, is a plant in the family Rubiaceae, a native of much of northern and central Europe from France to Russia and also of Western Siberia
The root is used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to make a red dye for clothing, but is less productive than the more widely used madder Rubia tinctorum.