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Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.

A physician and a surgeon pointing to herbs in a herb garden; indicating medicine and surgery for the poor. Engraving, 1671.

Vases of flowers and a botanic garden with Saint Peter. Oil painting by O'Brien.

1 print : engraving ; image 12.4 x 7.8 cm

1 painting : oil on wood ; wood 55 x 66.3 cm (painted area)

The herb garden of the Worshipful Company of Barbers of London.

<p>Top row: Machaon and Podalirius; Hippocrates and Diocles of Carystus; Herophilus and Erasistratus; Asclepiades and Themison. Second row: Pliny and Theophrastus; Dioscorides and Crateuas; Soranus and Antonius Musa; Nicander and Oribasius. Third row: Saint Luke and Galen; Paulus (Aegineta?) and Serapion. Fourth row: Cosmas and Damian; Avicenna and Rhazes. Below, Adonis and Venus pluck flowers growing in a vase in the gardens of Adonis (lettered in Greek "Adonidos kēpoi")</p>

1 pack (various pieces) : illustrations (some colour) ; in folder 31 x 23 cm

Press kit / the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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A physician and a surgeon pointing to herbs in a herb garden; indicating medicine and surgery for the poor. Engraving, 1671.

Vases of flowers and a botanic garden with Saint Peter. Oil painting by O'Brien.

The herb garden of the Worshipful Company of Barbers of London.

Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.

Press kit / the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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Herb gardens

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A physician and a surgeon pointing to herbs in a herb garden; indicating medicine and surgery for the poor. Engraving, 1671.

Vases of flowers and a botanic garden with Saint Peter. Oil painting by O'Brien.

The herb garden of the Worshipful Company of Barbers of London.

Ancient herbalists and scholars of medicinal lore (Galen, Pliny, Hippocrates etc.); and Venus and Adonis in the gardens of Adonis. Woodcut, 1532.

Press kit / the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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