Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
- Date:
- [1778]
- Reference:
- 17398i
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Description
Baldmoney is also known as spignel or meu
Roots of baldmoney were eaten as a vegetable and condiment and the leaves used as a diuretic
Publication/Creation
[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1778]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.1 x 22.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Meum foliis Anethi. C.B.Pin.148. Foeniculum alpinum perenne. I.R.H.312. Ital. Meo barbuto. Gall. Le Meum
Reference
Wellcome Collection 17398i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores