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Chart of the islands of Molucca including Pulongha, Tadore, Mare, Mutir, and Machiam with the scroll: Cave gomode, that is, the Clove tree
Illustration of the Clove tree on a map of the Molucca Islands. The map originally appeared in the Beinecke manuscript with other illustrated maps of the Spice Islands.
Poma Aurea
The first representation of a tomato in Europe was found in Pietro Mattioli's Discorsi on Dioscorides' Materia Medica. This book was first published in 1544. This specific image, however, is from a later edition of this book published in German in…
Discorsi nei Sei Libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo
This source is a later Italian edition (the original was published in 1544) of Pietro Andrea Mattioli's herbal, Di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo libri cinque della historia, et Materia Medicinale trodotti in lingua volgare Italiana.This 1555 edition…
Taro Illustration
This item is a scientific illustration from the late 18th century of the taro root. It is from a catalog of plants by Buc'hoz.
An History of the Earth and Animated Nature in Eight Volumes, Volume VII
Natural history of various species
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Peanut Figure
This ceramic vessel from the Moche Civilization of South America features a spout and a figure with a peanut-shaped body
Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge
A still life oil painting of various types of fruits resting on a stone ledge. Several of the fruits, including the pumpkin, are split open to show their seeds.
Buy my 4 ropes of hard onyons
A man selling onions in the way they were sold in London at this time: hanging in long rows from a pole
Buy my 4 Ropes of Hard Onyons
An onion-seller hoists a pole over his right shoulder, from which hang four ropes of hard onions. This profession was common in London at the time this image was created.