Dr Bach’s Agrimony from Paris 1774

This fine coloured print by Nicolas François & Genevieve Regnault shows all the details of  L’Aigremoine: hairy stems, pinnate leaf and five-petalled flowers. They were not making an essence at that time, just observing all the details of the plants for the work La Botanique mise la portée de tout le Monde: ou collection des Plantes d’usage dans la Medecine, dans les Alimens et dans les Arts.

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