Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

  • Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.
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[1730]
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20535i
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Jasmine and honeysuckle flowers are used in perfumery

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[London], [1730]

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 37 x 25.5 cm

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Caprifolium germanicum flore rubello serotinum the late red honeysuckle. Jasminum arabicum foliis limonii conjugatis flore albo duplici odoratissimo. arabian jasmine with double flowers. Jasminum hispanicum flore majore externe rubente spanish jessamine. Perichymenum perfoliatum virginianum sempervirens & florens Virginian scarlet honey-suckle. - Jac. Van Huysum del. H. Fletcher sculpt.

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Wellcome Collection 20535i

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