#23 Amaryllis spatha multiflora corollis Style:London, 1770 Puppet Shows

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"Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad / Los Angeles 1984"

A graceful young woman stands in a meadow of pastel green grass and pink blossoms as bird take flight in the distance

#23 Amaryllis spatha multiflora corollis Style:London, 1770 Puppet ShowsThe bulbs and leaves of amaryllis plants contain an alkaloid which can have both antiviral and antitumoral properties, as well as other healing qualities. This hand colored copper plate engraving is part of a collection of prints from the book Figures of the Most Beautiful Plants Described in the Gardeners Dictionary, published by Philip Miller in London in 1770. There were multiple contributing illustrators, including Georg Ehret. Condition: Good.