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Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica moschata, Myristica fragrans

Leaves and branches with nutmeg seed (kernel) and mace (aril). Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica moschata, Myristica fragrans. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
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Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica moschata, Myristica fragrans
Leaves and branches with nutmeg seed (kernel) and mace (aril). Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica moschata, Myristica fragrans. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
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2300 x 3016 px | 19.8 MB
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19.5 x 25.5 cm | 7.7 x 10.1 in (300 dpi)