A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick ... To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick ... / [Elizabeth Blackwell].
A black-and-white engraved botanical illustration of a flowering mint plant with serrated, opposite leaves rising to a dense spike of blossoms. Its trailing stem and root are drawn beside it, with a numbered key of flower, cut, and seed details along the bottom edge and the plate number at upper right.
- Artist
- Blackwell, Elizabeth, active 1737
- Date
- 1739-1751 [v. 1, 1751]
- Medium
- Illustrated works
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 2823 × 4000 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
Español: Grabado de menta de Un herbario curioso, Elizabeth Blackwell
Ilustración botánica en blanco y negro, grabada, de una planta de menta en flor con hojas dentadas opuestas que se elevan hasta una espiga densa de flores. Junto a ella se dibujan el tallo rastrero y la raíz, y una clave numerada de detalles de flor, corte y semilla aparece en el borde inferior.
Português: Gravura de hortelã de Um herbário curioso, Elizabeth Blackwell
Ilustração botânica gravada em preto e branco de uma planta de hortelã em flor, com folhas serrilhadas opostas que sobem até uma espiga densa de flores. Ao lado, desenham-se o caule rastejante e a raiz, e uma legenda numerada de detalhes da flor, do corte e da semente aparece na borda inferior.