Accession No

4977

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Theobroma cacao L. (cocoa), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Zippel, Germany, c. 1900-1967

Origin

Germany; Braunschweig

Maker

Vieweg, Friedrich [publisher] Bollmann, C. [lithographer and artist] Zippel, Hermann [editor]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

695mm tall; 490mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred by 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)
‘Echter Kakaobaum (Theobroma cacao L.).’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Stenculiaceæ’ (pencil MS to right of printed species heading)

Description Notes

Eight colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Theobroma.
Main diagram is a picture of the upper part of the plant i.e. stem, leaves, flowers, fruit.
Around it are seven numbered diagrams:
1. (top right) cross-section through flower, showing anthers and stamen; ‘Durchschnitt der Blüte’
2. (top left) showing anthers hanging out of the flower; ‘Staubgefässröhre’
3. (top centre) detail of one petal; ‘einzelnes Blumenblatt’
4. (bottom left) close up of the anther, showing pollen grains; ‘fruchtbares Staubblatt’
5. (bottom left) lifesize view of the partially dissected fruit; ‘geöffnete Frucht’
6. (centre right) two views of the outside of the seed, one more enlarged than the other; ‘Same’
7. (centre left) cross-section through the seed; ‘derselbe im Querdurchschnitt’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 16.’
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 to the numbered diagrams, in German.
Good condition.

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