Curative Aloe Vera. Green's Herbal: Aloe variegata, Aloe lingua engravings c1820

by Green, Thomas

Antique Print of Aloe variegata - Partridge-breasted Aloe. Aloe lingua - Tongue Aloe, engraved c1820.

Original (hand-coloured) copperplate engraving by T. McGahey for Thomas Green’s Herbal “The Universal Herbal; or Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary containing all the known plants of the World..” published in Liverpool circa 1820 by Henry Fisher.

As usual with paper of this age, there is slight discolouration and minor foxing. The page measures 205 x 260 (8 x 10.25 inches)