Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (dracunculus, tarragon) with seed-pods resembling the fangs of a snake, and (below) the head of a snake. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615. | Date: 1906 | Reference: 525029i
