EditorialCow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris (Smooth cow parsley, Chaerophyllum sylvestre). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smith's English Botany, 1800.
EditorialThe game of longue paume, lawn tennis, played in a park in Paris, 17th century. From an engraving by Israel Sylvestre, 1655. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.
EditorialFenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum, and wild fenugreek, Foenum-graecum sylvestre. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atl...
EditorialWhite asphodel, Asphodelus albus, and wild lily, Lilium sylvestre. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustratio...
EditorialWoman in a costume by Sylvestre of a demon (diablesse) for a masquerade ball, Paris, late 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Ch. Fernique after an illustration by E. Morin published by Martinet, Paris, 1870s.