Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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[1772]
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16758i
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Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Leaves of Nicotiana sp. contain the alkaloid nicotine which is a narcotic and a poison

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.0 x 22.8 cm

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Nicotiana major latifolia. C.B.Pin.169. - T.117. Ital. Tabacco. - Gall. Nicotiane ou Tabac

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16758i

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