Accession No

4981

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Swietenia Mahagoni L. (mahogany tree), 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)
‘Amerikanischer Mahagonibaum (Swietenia Mahagonia L.).’ (beneath diagrams)
‘(Meliaceæ.)’ (pencil MS to right of printed title)

Description Notes

Six colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Swietenia.
Main diagram is a picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers.
Around it are five numbered diagrams, all bigger than life size:
1. (bottom centre) view of flower; ‘Blüte’
2. (top) view of stigma, with petals and anthers ‘unrolled’ to the left; ‘Die zu einer oben gezahnten Röhre verwachsenen Staubbeutel aufgerollt’
3. (bottom right) burst open seed capsule; ‘Die in Klappen aufgesprungene Kapsel’
4. (bottom left) seed carrier, with ‘a’ marking the point where the capsule grew; ‘Samenträger mit a) dem Punkt, wo er an die Kapsel gewachsen ist’
5. (centre left) seed; ‘Same’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 21.’
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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