Accession No

4683

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting stages of development of the embryo at a cellular level (continuation of chart accession number 4682), by L. Kny, C. Müller, E. Laue, and Paul Parey, German, c.1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Müller, C. [artist] Laue, E. [lithographer] Parey, Paul [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 675mm; height 815mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘L. Kny. et C. Müller ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘Lith. von Laue .’ t(bottom right)
‘Botanische Wandtafeln von L. KNY, Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin. Tafel LXVII.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagrams, black and white, some slight shading.
Shows cell divisions in the development of the ‘head-shaped’ structure formed in the previous chart into a larger structure, labelled ‘Cotyl.’ (for cotyledon, ie part of the seed).
Fig. 4 is the main picture on the right, the other five pictures are to left. Fig 5 shows a detail of some of the central cells; fig 6. shows a less detailed overall view of the developed cotyledon
Ref number bottom right.
Identical to accession number 4681, but more worn and yellow.
Slightly frayed round edges.

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