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Christopher Switzer

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Christopher Switzer (fl c1593-1611) was a Swiss line engraver and woodcutter responsible for providing the illustrations for John Parkinson's "Paradisi in Sole" book on herbs. [1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ https://www.panteek.com/paradisisole/pages/ps191.htm
  2. ^ 'Engraving in England in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries' - Arthur M. Hind (Cambridge University Press, 1952)
  3. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42719/42719-h/WoodEngraving6.html