SKU: BODS-102897
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