Dragon's root (Dracunculus vulgaris) or other arum (Arum); Draecke root. / Bracontium. Serpentaria major / Serpentaire. (title on object); Arum; possibly dragon root. With a butterfly. Numbered top right: 306. Top left the name in six languages. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh 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; flowers (ARUM); insects: butterfly; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; ink; pen; h 281 mm x w 162 mm