Herbal medicine posters & prints

Lavender Anonymous

Medical Herb Cultivation, 1531 English School

Ms 320 M Fol.13r Herba Antollas Lupanas Italian School

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.123r Top row: Salt Bush and Anthora. Bottom row: Absinthium and Cardamom Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.113 Mint and Plantain, or Ribwort Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.113v Greater Celandine or Poppy, Solanum or Nightshade, and Aron Robinet Testard

Atropa mandragora: published by Dr. Woodville, 1794 Anonymous

Poppy, camomile and larkspur Anonymous

St John's Wort Elizabeth Blackwell

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.131r Lavender, Hellebore, and a relative of the Cucumber family Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.130r Linum, Garden poppies and Abrotanum Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.128r Consiligo, Burreed and Strawberry Robinet Testard

Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.145v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.145r Cannabis, Brassica and Thistle Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.134v Illustration from 'The Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.156v Flower Robinet Testard

Doctor Bokanky, Street Herbalist Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.155v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.120r Two varieties of Artemesia Robinet Testard

Pierre Quthe 1562 Francois Clouet

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.122r Euphorbia Lathyris, Beechwort, Mint and Fig Robinet Testard

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) (centre), c1885 Unknown

Herb Paris, Common Foxglove and Large Yellow Foxglove Basil Besler

Adrianus van Royen, 1704-79, professor of medicine and herbalism in Leiden The Netherlands Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.119r Garlic and other plants Robinet Testard

Advertisement of Early Medicines Made of Compounds Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.161v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.161r Physalis Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.141r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Treatment of a root in order to obtain asafoetida H.W. Meyer

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.159v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Horseradish Elizabeth Blackwell

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.144r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms 320 M Fol.31 Herba Poleximas Italian School

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.137r Illustration from 'ThedBook of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard