Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Date:
[1772]
Reference:
16764i
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The leaves of Nicotiana tabacum yield tobacco for cigars and cigarettes. They are also the source of commercial nicotine, a poisonous alkaloid used for insecticides and as a narcotic

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.4 x 22.7 cm

Lettering

Nicotiana Minor. T.117. Ital. Erba Regina Tabacco. - Gall. Nicotiane, ou Tabac, ou Herbe à la Reine. Magdalena Bouchard Sculpsit

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16764i

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