Three engraved plant illustrations with tubers and flower spikes above smaller tuber sections, on a printed page marked 142.

Orchid Plants with Tubers, Phytognomonica by Giambattista della Porta

Three engraved botanical illustrations of orchid-like plants rise from bulbous tubers, each with leafy stems and clustered flower spikes, shown above smaller tuber sections below. Printed page with running head "PHYTOGN" and page number 142 at top.

Artist: Giambattista della Porta
Date: 1588
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3691 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1588.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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