A bookmark depicting a flowering spike of artemisia (Artemisia abrotanum), a strewing herb used to keep insects, especially moths, at bay.

Pressed within the pages of John Gerard, The Herbal or Generall Historie of Plantes (London, 1633), Douce G subt. 10, page 1155.

Book Marks - A capsule collection celebrating examples of accidental marks in Bodleian books. 

• Size 55 x 210mm
• Paper bookmark
  
• Printed in Oxfordshire UK
• Made exclusively for Bodleian Libraries