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Caption: Ragwort or St. James wort, Jacobaea vulgaris, and castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.
Credit: Album / Florilegius
Image size: 4459 × 6048 px | 77.2 MB
Print size: 37.8 × 51.2 cm | 1755.5 × 2381.1 in (300 dpi)