Widdow-wail and mezereon

Widdow-wail, or pepper of the mountain, Thymelaea sanamunda, and mezereon, Daphne mezereum. 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

Captions Daphne Herb Krauterbuch Lonicer Mezereon Mezereum Olive Pepper Spurge Useful Woodblock

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