Art, Symbol & Imagination
Pedacion Dioscorides: Portrait after a 1598 Drawing
A bearded man with short hair faces left in a close profile drawing. The original caption names Pedacion Dioscorides and dates the source drawing to 1598.
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Illustrator not identified. "Pedacion Dioscorides: Portrait after a 1598 Drawing" [editorial title]. In The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy, C. J. S. Thompson. 1897 historical edition, 1897. Source scan leaf 63. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0549-0063
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Illustrator not identified. Pedacion Dioscorides: Portrait after a 1598 Drawing. The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy. Scan leaf 63. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0549-0063