Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.05313
Title
- Grey-leaved cistus [Cistus albidus] (top) and Cytinus hypocistis (bottom)
Description
Almost identical woodcut of the same plant: MPM.HB.04771
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Rembert Dodoens, Purgantium aliarumque eo facientium, tum et radicum, convolvulorum ac deleteriarum herbarum historiae libri IIII, 1574, p. 400 (Cistus cum hypocistide)
- Carolus Clusius, Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Hispanias observatarum historia, libris duobus expressa, 1576, p. 135 (Cistus mas I)