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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.
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
An History of the Earth and Animated Nature in Eight Volumes, Volume VII
Natural history of various species
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.
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…
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…
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.
Snuff Bottle with Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
This snuff bottle composed of bamboo explores the relationship between nature and daily life in Chinese culture during the Qing Dynasty
Dan Gulden Appelen
Inspired by the work of botanist Leonhart Fuchs, Flemish physician and botanist Rembert Dodoens published his own herbal titled Cruijdeboeck with 715 woodcut images in 1554. This image is Dodoens' representation of the red variety of the tomato.…