View asset onlyCommon flax or linseed, Linum usitatissimum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne’s ‘Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde Gebrauchilchen Gewachse’ (Medical Botany), Berlin, 1822. Hayne (1763–1832) was a German botanist, apothecary and, from 1814, professor of pharmaceutical botany at Berlin University.IdentifierAKG1807248SourceFlorilegiusCredit lineakg-images / FlorilegiusTopicBOTANYFLAXFLORILEGIUSLINENLINSEEDOILGeographyBERLINLINUMTechniqueENGRAVING (TECHNIQUE)Size3936px × 4961px (55 MB) 33.3 cm × 42.0 cm @ 300 dpiSpecial Formats4656px × 5868px (78 MB) JPEG39.4 cm × 49.7 cm @ 300 dpiAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownload