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Fusain d'Europe. (Euonymus europaeus).

  • 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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