Accession No

4986

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Citrus Limonum Risso (lemon), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Hermann Zippel, German, c. 1900-1967

Origin

Germany; Braunshweig

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

685mm tall; 485mm 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)
‘Limone oder Sauercitrone (Citrus Limonum Risso). Natürliche Grösse.’ (beneath diagrams)
‘Rubiaceæ’ (pencil MS to right of printed species title)

Description Notes

Seven colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Citrus.
Main diagram is a lifesize picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers.
Around it are six numbered diagrams:
1. (bottom left) anthers around stigma, with petals removed; ‘Blüte, ohne Blumenkrone’
2. (top right) anther; ‘Staubblatt’
3. (bottom right) longitudinal section through the style and stigma; ‘Längsdurchschnitt des Fruchtknotens mit Griffel’
4. (top left) whole fruit, lifesize; ‘Frucht’
5. (top left) slice of lemon, lifesize; ‘Querdurchschnitt der Frucht’
6. (top centre) 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 12.’
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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