Stock Photo - Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) 1. Saffraes. 2. hermodactels tijeless / 1. Crocus 2. Colchicum / 1. Saffran 2. mort au Chien. (title on object), Autumn crocus. Three loose flowers and a plant with a bulb, leaves and bud. Numbered top right: 167. With the flowers the Latin name. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French., Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, ink, chalk, pen, h 256 mm × w 167 mm