Accession No

4978

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Manihot utilissima Pohl, 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; 495mm 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)
‘Maniok- oder Cassavestrauch (Manihot utilissima Pohl.).’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Euphoibiaceæ’ (pencil MS to right of printed species heading)

Description Notes

Seven colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Manihot.
Main diagram is a life-size picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers, fruit.
Around it are six numbered diagrams:
1. (top left) external view of male flower; ‘Staubblattblüte’
2. (top centre) showing anthers in isolation; ‘Dieselbe nach Entfernung der Blütenhülle’
3. (top right) female flower; ’Griffelblüte’
4. (bottom left) close up of stigma; ‘Dieselbe nach Entfernung der Blütenhülle’
5. (bottom right) the fruit; ‘Frucht’
6. (centre bottom) view of a cluster of six organs which resemble pea-pods but are apparently root tubers; ‘Wurzelknollen’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 18.’
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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