Accession No

4670

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Carophyllus aromaticus L. (clove plant), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Hermann Zippel, German, c. 1900-1967

Origin

Germany; Braunschweig

Maker

Vieweg, Friedrich [publisher] Bollmann, C [lithographer and attributed artist] Zippel, Hermann [attributed printer]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 490mm; height 698mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘ (top)
‘Verlag von friedrich vieweg & sohn, Braunschweig. Herausgegeben von hermann zippel, gezeichnet von carl bollmann. Lith art. Inst. von c. bollmann, Gera, Reussj.L.’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Gewürznelkenbaum (Carophyllus aromaticus L.). 2fache Grösse.’ (beneath diagrams)

Description Notes

Seven colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of the clove plant Carophyllus aromaticus L.
Main diagram is a picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers, twice life size.
Around it are six numbered diagrams:
1. (bottom right) cross section through stigma and anthers, with parts labelled with letters.
2. (top right) young flower (?) ‘Blumenkrone’ - looks like petals layered over into a covering.
3. (mid right) view of whole stigma
4. (bottom left) whole anther
5. (bottom left) dried clove
6. (top left) fruit
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
On the white at bottom: immediately under black are the artist’s and publisher’s details; the next line is the species title; bottom line is key, both for numbered diagrams, and for the lettered parts of the stigma cross-section. (In German)
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 8.’
Good condition.

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