http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/828517/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGnarled Grass1615 (block likely cut 1586)Unidentified artist, French, 16th centuryWoodcut, hand-colored in green and brownExtracted from Jacques Dalechamps, Histoire générale des plantes, Contenant Xviii. Livres (Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1615): I:360. The verso bears a woodcut of Grame polyantes/ AEgylopes de Pline, from p. 359. The blocks for this edition were likely cut for the Latin edition of the same book: Historia generalis plantarum (Lugduni: Apud Gvlielmvm Rovillivm, 1586).Prints15.0000000000 Centimeter11.9000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/348532/rdf