the history of plants, according to women, children & students
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1. Asplenium
Adiantumnigrum
2. Juniperus
Sabina
3. Aristolochia
Clematis
4. Calendula
Officinalis
5. Peucedanum
Officinale
6. Satureja
Montana
7. Aliperouia
Vulgaris
8. Pastinaca
Sativa
9. Delphinium
Consolida
10. Methna
Pulegium
The History of Plants, According to Women, Children and Students, is a series of hand-coloured etchings of 10 plants selected from a 16th Century Herbal, History of Plants by Leonhart Fuchs. It is the earliest work on plants which can properly be called scientific and it strongly influenced the course of medicine and botany in the years that followed. The original volumes mention only that the colouring of the pages was undertaken by unidentified women and children. For this new series of etchings, many hands have been involved to etch the plates and colour the prints, but only those undertaking the colouring have been paid and credited.
