Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Virtues and Pleasures of Herbs through History

Physic, Flavor, Fragrance and Dye

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Figure 6. 1. Glastrum sativum. Garden Woade [Isatis tinctoria Linnaeus, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae], woodcut by an unknown engraver after an original by an unknown artist for John Gerard (1545–1612), The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes ... enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson (London, printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633, p. 491), HI Library call number +CA G356H 633.