Accession No

4982

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Myristica moschata Thbg (nutmeg), 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; 497mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge on 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge from 01/1994 until 06/2008.

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 Muskatnussbaum (Myristica moschata Thbg.). 2fache Grösse’ (beneath diagrams)
‘(Mynisticeæ.)’ (pencil MS to right of printed title)

Description Notes

Seven colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Myristica.
Main diagram is a picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers.
Around it are six numbered diagrams, all bigger than life size (except 4):
1. (top right) partially dissected view of female flower; ‘Geöffnete Griffelblüte’
2. (centre left) longitudinal section through style and stigma; ‘Längsdurchschnitt des Fruchtknotens nach Berg’
3. (top centre) partially dissected view of male flower; ‘Geöffnete Staubblattblüte’
4. (bottom left) opened fruit, revealing the shell, seed mantel, and the seed; ‘Frucht, a) Schale, b) Sammenmantel (Macis), in welchem c) der Same’
5. (bottom) the nut, two views, the left one more enlarged; ‘Nuss’
6. (bottom right) longitudinal section through nut, with the ‘Keimling’ (?embryo) marked; ‘Längsdurchscnitt der Nuss mit a) Keimling’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘.
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 10.’
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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