Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

  • Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.
Date:
1906
Reference:
524736i
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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