Polei (Mentha pulegium) Deer Poleije / Pulegium Cervinum / Pouliot (title on object); Polei. Numbered top right: 272. Right the name in four languages. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth 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; chalk; ink; pen; h 301 mm 脙鈥?w 185 mm