Accession No

5009

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting a longtiudinal (tangential) section through Quercus, by L. Kny and C. Müller, German, 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Müller, C. [artist] Laue, E. [lithographer] Parey, Paul [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

675mm tall; 825mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘L. Kny et C. Müller ad .nat. del.’ (bottom left)
‘Lith. von Laue’ t(bottom right)
‘Quercus’ (handpainted, bottom centre)
‘Tangential longt Sect’ (MS pencil, bottom left)
‘ Botanische Wandtafeln
von
L. KNY.
Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin.
Tafel LXXVI.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Printed line diagram showing cellular detail in a longitudinal section through the wood of an oak tree.
Tissues and some features are marked and labelled with German abbreviations.
Species name is hand painted at the bottom.
Top right, to left of printed heading: embossed impression of coat of arms, surmounted with eagle, bearing motto ‘coll. christi cant’
Fair condition.

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