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A Defaced Herbal from 1710: William Salmon’s Botanologia

2 Comments / British Empire, London, Medicine, Mountebanks, Res Obscura, Seventeenth Century, William Salmon /

A portrait of Salmon from the frontispieceto his Ars Chirurgica (1699). The image above is from a copy of William Salmon’s Botanologia: The English Herbal, or History of Plants (London: I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710) which is available for view via Villanova University’s digital library. Evidently the nudity of the figure (I […]

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Giolo, the Painted Prince

5 Comments / Body Art, British Empire, East Indies, Intercultural Encounters, London, Natural History, Oxford, Philippines, Print Culture, Seventeenth Century, South Seas, Tatoos, William Dampier /

Prince Giolo, Son of ye King of Moangis or Gilolo: lying under the Equator in the Long[itude] of 152 Deg[rees] 30 Min[utes], a fruitful Island abounding with rich spices and other valuable Commodities. This famous Painted Prince is the just Wonder of ye Age. His whole Body (except Face, Hands and Feet) is curiously and

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