Accession No

4984

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Myrtus pimenta L, 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

697mm 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)
‘Nelkenpfeffer (Myrtus pimenta L.). Etwas vergrössert’ (beneath diagrams)

Description Notes

Seven colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Myrtus.
Main diagram is a picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers, slightly bigger than lifesize.
Around it are six numbered diagrams, all much bigger than life size:
1. (top left) closed flower; ‘Blüte, geschlossen’
2. (centre top) opened flower; ‘Blüte, geöffnete’
3. (left centre) cross-section through the ovule (?); ‘Fruchtknoten in Querchdurchschnitt’
4. (top right) bunch of stalked fruit; ‘Fruchttraube’
5. (bottom left) view of a single whole fruit; ‘Frucht’
6. (bottom left) cross-section through fruit; ‘Längsdurchschnitt der Frucht’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 7.’
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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