ARTIST: Édouard Hocquart
PUBLISHER: Published by Chez B. Cormon et Blanc, Libraraires. Paris.
MEDIUM: Stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand.
DATE: 1835.
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 12 1/2 x 9" (31.6 x 23 cm).
DESCRIPTION: "Hocquart del et sculp". Plate 105 from PHYTOGRAPHIE MEDICALE ('Medical phytography, a history of powerful substances and poisons from the plant kingdom') by Joseph Roques. (1772-1850). Latin name "Aconitum", although extremely poisonous Aconite has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda (Hindu traditional medicine). It was also used effectively on poison arrows.
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CONDITION: Good condition.
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