Accession No

5409

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Claviceps: perithecia in section, by L. Kny and W. Zopf, German

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Kny, L. [artist] Zopf, W. [artist] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Parey, Paul [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 678mm; height 825mm

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

‘Botanische Wandtafeln
von
L. Kny.
Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin
Tafel XLIV’ (top right)
‘W Zopf sec. Tulasne et ad nat.del. Claviceps WA Meyn lith.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Claviceps: perithecia in section. Four diagrams, printed. The main, central one is coloured. Diagrams are numbered, 1., 2., 3a., and 3b.. There is no key.
Inscriptions printed in the top right and bottom corners.
‘Claviceps’ is written below the diagrams.
Reference numbers in the bottom left (printed and on a stuck on label) and top left (written) corners.

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