Accession No

5509

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Vanilla planifolia, by C. Bollmann, German

Origin

Germany

Maker

Bollmann, C. [maker] Friedrich Vieweg & Son [published]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 488mm; height 695mm

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

‘Auslandische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln.
I.Abteilung. Tafel 15’ (across top)
‘Verlag von FRIEDRICH VIEWEG & SOHN, Braunschweig. Herausgegeben von HERMANN ZIPPEL, gezeichnet von CARL BOLLMAN. Lith art.Inst. von C BOLLMAN, Gera, Reuss j. L.’ (across below diagrams)
‘Fig.I Flachblattrige Vanille (Vanilla planifolia Andr.). Naturliche Grosse.’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Botanical wall chart depicting Vanilla planifolia, by C. Bollmann, German.

Diagrams depicting Vanilla planifolia. There are seven diagrams. They are printed, in colour, on a black background. There is one large diagram, in the centre of the chart. The other six are around the edges. These six are numbered from 1 to 6. The main diagram is of the plant, and the smaller ones are of specific structures. There is a key to them at the bottom of the chart. This reads:
‘1. Blutengrundriss von Orchis nach Eichler. 2. Geoffnete Honiglippe. 3. Oberer Teil der Griffelsaule; 4. Staubblatt; 5. Querdurchschichtedes Fruchtknotens, sehr vergr.. 6. Reife, bereits
aufgeplatzte Frucht. Fig. 1 bis 5 vergrossert . Einige Teilzeichnungen nach Berg.’
The inscriptions are printed across the top and bottom of the chart.
Reference numbers in the top right and bottom right corners.

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