Bugloss or alkanet (Anchusa officinalis L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Date:
[1774]
Reference:
16788i
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Leaves of borage were used medicinally and eaten as a vegetable and rouge was obtained from the roots

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 23.0 cm

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Buglofsum angustifolium, majus, flore coeruleo. I.R.H.134. Ital. Buglofsa. - Gall. Buglose ordinaire

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Wellcome Collection 16788i

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