Interior structure of the broad bean, Vicia faba. Section through the stem between two leaves viewed under a microscope. Structure interieure d'un Pied de Feve. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C. Ermer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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