Squill, Drimia maritima

Squill, sea squill, sea onion or maritime squill, Drimia maritima. Urginea maritima, Scilla maritima. With flowers, leaf, stem, plant, bulb and roots. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F. Gotz and C. Ermer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1813 Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Bulb C. Ermer Carl Bertuch Encyclopedia Engraved Plates F. Gotz Friedrich Johann Bertuch Henriette And Conrad Westermayr Natural History Picture Book For Children Roots Squill Stem

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