A beautiful poster depicting a collection of plants, including hellebore and columbine, from the work “Historia Botanica Practica” by Giambattista Morandi, an Italian physician and botanist who lived in the 18th century. This exceptional herbarium was published in 1744 in Milan by Petri Francisci Malatestae. Morandi was known for his precise and realistic plant drawings, and his work was one of the most important botanical works of his time. Plants featured on the poster: 1. Helleborus niger foetidus 2. Helleborus niger hortenfis, flore subviridi autviridi 3. Hellebor niger, flore roseo 4. Tribulus terrestris 5. Fraxinella Officinarum, sive Dictamnus albus 6. Aconitum salutiferum, sive Anthora 7. Aconitum caeruleum, seu Napellus 8. Thora Valdensium 9. Staphis agria 10. Delphinium hortense, flore minore 11. Aquilegia flore simplici

Hellebore and Columbine

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