Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
- Date:
- [1774]
- Reference:
- 16793i
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Description
Young shoots and leaves of comfrey are eaten as vegetables, the leaves are used as a styptic and the leaves and roots as a purgative
Publication/Creation
[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 23.0 cm
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Lettering
Symphytum, Consolida major, flore albo, vel pallide luteo, quoe foemina. I.R.H.138. Ital. Consolida maggiore. - Gall. Grande Consoude
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16793i
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Location Status Access Closed stores