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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Stipple engraving by Holl.

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, with a vignette of his taxonomic system. Stipple engraving by J. Hopwood, 1802.

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu.

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?).

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Line engraving.

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Line engraving by A. Marchi.

Tournefort / par G. Becker [and others].

Yarrow (Achillea santolina): flowering plant with leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Heliotrope (Heliotropium): flowering plant with separate flowers. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

A plant (Alyssum vesicaria): fruiting plant, leaves and fruit. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Historia plantarum generalis. Species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens ... / [John Ray].

A compleat history of druggs divided into three classes, vegetable, animal and mineral : with their use in physick, chymistry, pharmacy, and several other arts, illustrated ... / written by Monsieur Pomet ; to which is added what is further observable on the same subject from Messrs. Lemery, and Tournefort ... Done into English from the originals [by Joseph Browne].

Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et etŕangères, selon les systèmes de Mrs. Tournefort et Linnaeus. Tirées du Jardin du Roi, & de celui de MM. les Apothicaires de Paris, gravées & imprimées en couleur, & de leur forme naturelle, avec leurs fleurs, leurs fruits, leurs graines & leurs racines d'usages / par M. Gautier Dagoty].

A plant (Gundelia tournefortii): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria orientalis): flowering plant and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Goat's thorn (Astragalus christianus): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris : avec leur usage dans la medecine.

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Medlar (Mespilus germanica): fruiting stem, leaf and fruit segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

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Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708

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Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris : avec leur usage dans la medecine.

A plant (Alyssum vesicaria): fruiting plant, leaves and fruit. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Historia plantarum generalis. Species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens ... / [John Ray].

An asparagus plant (Asparagus aphyllus): plant with floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Medlar (Mespilus germanica): fruiting stem, leaf and fruit segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.