Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum : in qua tum notae generum characteristicae traduntur, tum species singulae breviter describuntur: ducentae quinquaginta plus minus novae species partim suis locis inseruntur, partim in appendice seorsim exhibentur : cum indice & virium epitome
A 1690 London botanical synopsis by naturalist John Ray, published by Samuel Smith, cataloguing the plants of Britain for students and fellow botanists. The single plate shows two plants drawn in fine pen-and-ink with light wash, each labelled with a Latin name and page reference. Its clean line work and tidy annotated layout suggest a model for scientific specimen illustration with handwritten captions.
