Stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. 1835.
Paper size 12 1/2 x 9" (31.6 x 23 cm).
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 90904
Price: $125.00
Publisher : Published by Chez B. Cormon et Blanc, Libraraires. Paris.
"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.
18th-19th Century Subjects, Natural History, Botanicals