Accession No

5421

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Claviceps: conidial stage, 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 677mm; height 822mm

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 XLII’ (top right corner)
‘W. Zopf sec Tulasne ad nat.del. Claviceps W.A.Meyn lith.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting condial stage of Claviceps. Two diagrams, printed. Neither is coloured. One is large and covers almost the entire chart. The second is in the top right corner. They are numbered.
Inscription in the top right corner, and across the bottom. ‘Claviceps’ is written in the centre below the diagrams.
Reference numbers in the top right and bottom right corners.

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