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Vegetable Poisons, Crowfoot, Mushroom, Foxglove, Black Hellebore engraving c1866

Vegetable Poisons, Crowfoot, Mushroom, Foxglove, Black Hellebore engraving c1866

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by Johnstone, John

Antique Print of Vegetable Poisons c1866. Ranunculus Alpestris, Alpine White Crow Foot. Agaricus Muscarius, Fly-Blown Mushroom. Digitalis Purpurea, Purple Fox Glove. Helleborus Niger, Black Hellebore or Christmas Rose. 

Original hand-coloured steel engraving by John Johnstone for A History of the Vegetable Kingdom, a work on the practical applications of botany, by William Rhind (1797-1874), published circa 1866 by Blackie & Son of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.

Having trained in medicine, Rhind became a licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1818, after which he moved to London for two years. Returning to Elgin in Scotland Rhind set up a medical practice, and also sold medicines. Around 1824 he moved to Edinburgh. He did not entirely give up his medical practice and medical writings, but it seems he was more interested in lecturing in natural science, including botany, zoology and geology. In 1854 he also began lecturing in botany at the medical faculty of Merischal College in Aberdeen. Rhind's research and travel was amazing considering that throughout his life he was partially lame in both legs. According to one of his biographers Rhind was "universally loved for his character and bearing, and was a most amiable man."

Print page measures 25.5 x 17.5cm (approximately 10 x 7 inches).

Stock Number: apRhind38Price: $180.00