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<p>1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 23.0 cm.
A species of the genus Chrysosplenium: flowering
plant in earth mound. Colouredetching by M.
Bouchard, 1774.
{Romae (Rome) : Bouchard et Gravier, 1774}
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark
36.8 x 23.0 cm.
eaten as a vegetable and a decoction of the
leaves is used as a diuretic and to improve
appetite
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BOUCHARD, MAGDALENA
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<p>Iconographic Collections<br>
Keywords: Plants; Saxifragaceae; Vegetables; herbs; botany - italy - 18th century; AQUATIC PLANTS; etchings; scientific illustrations</p></div>
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