Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.

  • Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.
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[1759]
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18159i
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Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London], [1759]

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1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.9 x 20.5 cm

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Alkanet ... T. Sheldrake delin. C.H. Hemerich sculp. The name of the plant is listed in nine languages and a description of the plant and its medicinal uses are given in english

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Wellcome Collection 18159i

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