ARTIST: Édouard Hocquart
PUBLISHER: Published by Chez B. Corman et Blanc, Libraires. 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 131 from PHYTOGRAPHIE MEDICALE ('Medical phytography, a history of powerful substances and poisons from the plant kingdom') by Joseph Roques. (1772-1850). Also known as the "Spindle-Tree" because the very hard wood was formerly used to fashion spindles for spinning wool.
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CONDITION: Good condition.
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