Seed Collection (page 18)

Detail of an important skirt or petticoat of crimson silk said to have been embroidered
1767229 Detail of an important skirt or petticoat of crimson silk said to have been embroidered by Mary, Queen of Scots for Queen Elizabeth I while she was captive at Hardwick (silk)

Papaya (Carica papaya) (hand-coloured engraving)
CH376977 Papaya (Carica papaya) (hand-coloured engraving) by Ehret, Georg Dionysius (1710-70); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

November, the Sower: Study for a Tile at Queens College Hall, Cambridge
5889051 November, the Sower: Study for a Tile at Queens College Hall, Cambridge, 1864 (w/c on paper) by Brown, Ford Madox (1821-93); 25.4x12.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery

The Sower (engraving)
6009417 The Sower (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sower. Illustration for Scripture Picture-Book (SPCK, c 1890).); © Look and Learn; English

Page of catalogue for the Ironmongery and Hardware Trades, c 1895 (litho)
6034448 Page of catalogue for the Ironmongery and Hardware Trades, c 1895 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page 253. Euphorbiaceae / Ricinocarpus a... ?aWedding Bush (w / c)
5671294 Page 253. Euphorbiaceae / Ricinocarpus A...?AWedding Bush (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Page 238. Unidentified plant (w / c)
5671279 Page 238. Unidentified plant (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: 1 The Flower. Unripe Seed; Seed; Seed opened)

Page 108. Lily (w / c)
5671148 Page 108. Lily (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info)

Page 27. Native name Wye gal le ang (w / c)
5671057 Page 27. Native name Wye gal le ang (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05: Drawings of plants of New South Wales)

Page 26. Unnamed flowering plant (Watling 419 / 354) (w / c)
5671056 Page 26. Unnamed flowering plant (Watling 419/354) (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05)

Page 186. Flowering plant, a Creeper (Watling 442 / 377) (w / c)
5671226 Page 186. Flowering plant, a Creeper (Watling 442/377) (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05)

Page 113. A Creeper or Woodbine which interwines with trees (w / c)
5671153 Page 113. A Creeper or Woodbine which interwines with trees (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

First page of Nouveau Larousse illustrious (dictionary in seven volumes published between
PCT4298012 First page of Nouveau Larousse illustrious (dictionary in seven volumes published between 1897 and 1904 (engraving) by Grasset

Amygdalus persica, from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium, 1788
880272 Amygdalus persica, from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium, 1788 (hand-coloured engraving & gouache) by Plenck, Joseph Jacob (1738-1807); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Greater Hemlock [Cicuta major], illustration from The British Herbal
660955 Greater Hemlock [Cicuta major], illustration from The British Herbal by John Edwards, published March 1770 (coloured engraving) by Edwards

Climbing Ivy, botanical plate, c. 1820 (colour litho)
694841 Climbing Ivy, botanical plate, c.1820 (colour litho) by Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Fol. 47 v Millet, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis Codex Vindobonensis (vellum)
ALI142991 Fol.47 v Millet, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis Codex Vindobonensis (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; Alinari

French Lavender, plate 241 from A Curious Herbal
STC176421 French Lavender, plate 241 from A Curious Herbal, published 1782 (colour engraving) by Blackwell, Elizabeth (1707-1758); Private Collection; (add.info)

Balm, plate 27 from A Curious Herbal, published 1782 (colour engraving)
STC176413 Balm, plate 27 from A Curious Herbal, published 1782 (colour engraving) by Blackwell, Elizabeth (1707-1758); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

Red Pepper, botanical plate (w / c on paper)
CHT176318 Red Pepper, botanical plate (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

The ancient Necklace of Melos, a gold necklace with seed-like pendants (330-300BC). BCE

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT277887 Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Advert, Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland
Advert for Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Coffee plant, Coffea arabica, with flowers, beans and seeds. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edouard Winklers Getreue Abbildung aller in der Pharmacopoea (True Pictures of Pharmacopeia)

Green Tea, plate 351 from A Curious Herbal, published 1782 (colour engraving)
STC206877 Green Tea, plate 351 from A Curious Herbal, published 1782 (colour engraving) by Blackwell, Elizabeth (1707-1758); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

Fennel from Sowerbys English Botany, London
Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1803

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol. 166v Illustration from the Book of Simple Medicines
XJL212075 Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.166v Illustration from the Book of Simple Medicines by Mattheaus Platearius (d.c.1161) c.1470 (vellum) by Testard, Robinet (fl.1470-1523); 26x35.5 cm; National Library

Branch, leaf, fruit and flower of the coffee tree, Coffea arabica. Copperplate engraving from Abbe Antoine Francois Prevosts Histoire generale des voyages, Paris, 1746

Parts of flowers including petal, nectary, glume, seed, spathe, bracte, legumen, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia

Seed and fruit plants including cacao, calabash nutmeg, pawpaw, sugar apple, durian, tea, camellia, cotton, magnolia, peony, geranium, nasturtium, etc

Coffee, Coffea arabica, plant showng flowers, berries and bean. Handcoloured lithograph from the National Encyclopaedia, W. Mackenzie, London, 1880

Water germander, Teucrium scordium, arum, Arum maculatum, and seed of Iris tuberosa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Green cardamon or true cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Caraway or Persian cumin, Carum carvi. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Lady fern, Athyrium filix femina. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica, Tamarinier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, Carthame des teinturiers. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Asafetida, gum resin from the Ferula assa-foetida. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Female seed cone of the monkey puzzle tree
Mature female seed cone of the monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana (Araucaria imbricata). Endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Egyptian wheat and grape agriculture
Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5, 6

Wild pine tree, Pinus sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Rockcap fern or polypody, Polypodium vulgare, Filices. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis Lectures on Botany

Pennycress, Thlaspi arvense, Siliculosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis Lectures on Botany

Heliocereus speciosus and seed (Showy brick-red cactus, Cactus speciosus var. latertius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Rev. J.S

Useful quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical Magazine, London, 1838

Punica granatum, from A Curious Herbal, 1782 (engraving)
STC167437 Punica granatum, from A Curious Herbal, 1782 (engraving) by Blackwell, Elizabeth (1707-1758); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cardamon and caper plants
Cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum 1, and caper bush, Capparis spinosa 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Liquorice and carob tree
Liquorice or licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra 1, and carob tree and St John s-bread, Ceratonia siliqua 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

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