Accession No

5423

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Claviceps: ascocarp, 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 824mm; height 675mm

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 XLI’ (top right)
‘W. Zopf sec.Tulasne et ad nat.del. Claviceps. W.A.Meyn lith.’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Claviceps:ascocarp. Three printed diagrams. Two are coloured.
Inscriptions in the top right corner, and across the bottom. ‘Claviceps’ is written, the rest printed.
Reference numbers in the bottom two corners.
Blank stick-on label in the bottom left corners.

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