The Flower Book - False Mercury1905 Accession number: 1953P5.36 Colour facsimile. Collotype print. InformationA page from the facsimile edition of Burne-Jones' Flower Book, one of 38 watercolour designs reproduced by Henri Piazza et Cie, for the Fine Art Society, London in 1905. 'False Mercury' is a poisonous plant also known as 'dog's mercury', it has the Latin name of 'Mercuralis perennis'. Burne-Jones uses the same composition in his 'False Mercury' from 'The Secret Book of Designs' (British Museum, 1885).
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