Capsicum, Bell Pepper, Guinea Pepper. Green's Herbal c1817

by Green, Thomas

Antique print of Peppers, Thistle and Senna. CAPSICUM. A pod of the shrubby Capsicum. Guinea Pepper. Bell Pepper. CARDUUS - Woolly-headed Thistle. CASSIA - Wild Senna.

Original stippled copperplate engraving by F. Hilliard, published between 1816 and 1820 by Henry Fisher of Caxton Press in Liverpool, England, for the encyclopedia of herbal knowledge, "The Universal Herbal, or, Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary" by Thomas Green (fine later hand colour).

The full page size is 26.5 x 20.5cm (10.4 x 8 inches)