Daisy and butterfly. 16th century Italian illustration of a common daisy plant (Bellis perennis) visited by a swallowtail butterfly,by Gherardo Cibo,1568. The common daisy has been used traditionally to treat wounds. This plate is taken from Discorsi on Dioscorides' De Materia Medica by Pietro Andrea Mattioli,a work of herbal medicine first published in Italy in 1554. Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1577) was an Italian doctor and naturalist who wrote commentaries on De Materia Medica ,an encyclopaedia of herbal medicine by the first century Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / British Library |
Bildgröße: | 4140 px × 5352 px |
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