Accession No

4942

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting three views of leaf of Ficus Elastica, with cystoliths, by L. Kny, W. A. Meyn, Wiegandt, Hempel and Parey, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Wiegandt, Hempel and Parey [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 674mm; height 828mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘L. Kny ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘W.A. Meyn lith.’ t(bottom right)
‘Botanische Wandtafeln von L. KNY, (Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey in Berlin.) Tafel XI.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting three views of leaf of Ficus Elastica, with cystoliths, by L. Kny, W. A. Meyn, Wiegandt, Hempel and Parey, German, c. 1850-1967.

Printed line diagrams, black and white, except for green chloroplasts in main diagram.
Main diagram 1 occupies left side. Is cell-detail of leaf section, with upper surface labelled ‘a’.
Diagram 2 is top right line diagram of something - frilly oval shape with contour lines, and a stalk going up.
Diagram 3 is bottom right, cell level detail of part of a leaf.
Top right, to left of printed heading: embossed impression of coat of arms, surmounted with eagle, bearing motto ‘coll. christi cant’
Ref number bottom left.
Worn, slightly fragile.

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