Thorn apple, Datura metel, and balsam apple, Momordica balsamina. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

---

Size: 4436px × 5961px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adam, apple, balsam, balsamina, botanical, botany, captions, datura, edition, english, engraving, french, german, greek, handcoloured, herb, herbal, hierosolymitanum, illustration, italian, jerusalem, krauterbuch, latin, lonicer, manuscript, medical, medicine, metel, momordica, peru, pirate, plant, pomum, stramonia, thorn, woodblock, woodcut