Wild rue, Ruta sylvestris, and St. John's

Wild rue, Ruta sylvestris, and St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum. 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 Herb Hypericum Krauterbuch Lonicer Perforatum Ruta Sylvestris Useful Woodblock Wort

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