Potato (Solanum tuberosum) aerde apples. / Arachidna theophrasti Tartouffani. / pommes de terre. (title on object), Potato or another plant from the nightshade family. Branch with leaves, (purple) flowers and a seed fruit. Numbered top right: 169. At the top two Latin names. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French, potatoes, plants cultivated for their edible roots or tubers, eg potato, turnip, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 273 mm × w 200 mm
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Potato, Solanum tuberosum, aerde apples, Arachidna theophrasti Tartouffani, pommes de terre, title, object, another plant, nightshade family, Branch, leaves, purple, flowers, seed fruit, Numbered top right, 169, top two Latin names, Part, second album, drawings, plants, Ninth, twelve albums, animals, birds, 1600, commissioned, Emperor Rudolf II, explanation, Dutch, Latin, French, potatoes, plants cultivated, edible roots, tubers, eg potato, turnip, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596, 1610, paper, watercolor, paint, deck paint, chalk, ink, pen
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