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  • Centaurea hypoleuca 'John Coutts'
  • Two plants, a knapweed (Centaurea jacea) and star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A flowering knapweed (Centaurea species) and two daisy species. Watercolour.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea cineraria): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea sp.): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Black knapweed plant (Centaurea nigra): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Cornflower or bachelor's-buttons (Centaurea cyanus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Practica Jo. Serapionis. Index operum in hoc volumine contentorum / Practica Joannis Serapionis aliter Breviarium nuncupata. Liber Serapionis de simplici medicina, sumpta a plantis, mineralibus et animalibus. Liber Galeni ad Papiam, de virtute centaureae. Practica Joannis Platearii. ... Liber de simplici medicina ejusdem Platearii vulgariter Circa instans dictus. Thesaurus pauperum ab Joanne XX. Pon. Max. qui antea Petrus Hispanus dicebatur. Multa continens a diversis auctoribus medicine scripta nunquam antea impressus. Cum tabula ... recenter addita.
  • Practica Jo. Serapionis. Index operum in hoc volumine contentorum / Practica Joannis Serapionis aliter Breviarium nuncupata. Liber Serapionis de simplici medicina, sumpta a plantis, mineralibus et animalibus. Liber Galeni ad Papiam, de virtute centaureae. Practica Joannis Platearii. ... Liber de simplici medicina ejusdem Platearii vulgariter Circa instans dictus. Thesaurus pauperum ab Joanne XX. Pon. Max. qui antea Petrus Hispanus dicebatur. Multa continens a diversis auctoribus medicine scripta nunquam antea impressus. Cum tabula ... recenter addita.
  • Top, nerves of the lower limb, anterior (left) and posterior (right) views; below, the plant centauria centaurium. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rose and lupin: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • T. Green, The Flora of the Liverpool Distric
  • Girolamo Cardano. Line engraving by K. Ammon, 1652.
  • A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.