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Fool's Gold: A History of British Saffron
Fool's Gold

By Sam Bilton

Published 2022

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All photographs by Sam Bilton unless otherwise stated below:

‘Colchicum autumnale L., Colchicaceae. Autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked ladies.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London. © Wellcome Collection / Dr Henry Oakeley. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
‘Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.’ © Wellcome Collection.