Accession No

4972

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Cinchona officinalis (cinchona tree - source of quinine), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Hermann Zippel, German, 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)
‘Apotheker-Fieberrindenbaum (Cinchona officinalis Calisaya Wed. et Josephiana).
Natürliche Grösse.’ (beneath diagrams)
‘(Rubiaceæ)’ (pencil MS to right of species title)

Description Notes

Six colour pictures on a black background (inside a white frame) of parts of Cinchona.
Main diagram is a lifesize picture of the upper part of the plant ie stem, leaves, flowers.
Around it are five numbered diagrams:
1. (centre right) flower; ‘Blüte’
2. (top right) cross-section through flower, showing position of anthers; ‘Geöffnete Blumenkrone’
3. (left centre) style and stigma; ‘Stempel’
4. (bottom left) cross-section through ovule (?); ‘Querschicht des Fruchtsknotens’
5. (top left) fruit; ‘Frucht’
On the surrounding white frame at top is ‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln‘
At top, on black ground, left ‘I. Abteilung.’, right ‘Tafel 22.’
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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