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Botanical Illustration 



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less accurately copied, in works by de I'Obel, de I'Ecluse, 

 Gerard, Parkinson, Jean Bauhin, Chabraeus and Petiver. 

 The actual blocks themselves appear to have been used for 

 the last time when Johnson's edition of Gerard's herbal 

 made its final appearance in London in 1636. 



Text-fig. 99. "Cyclaminus" [Camerarius, De plantis 

 Epitome. ..Matthioli, 1586]. 



Another school of plant illustration is represented in 

 the work of Gesner and Camerarius. As we mentioned 

 on p. 92, Gesner's drawings were not published during 

 his life-time, but some of them were eventually produced 



