Accession No

5594

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Protosiphon, by L. Kny and C. Müller, German

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

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

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1916

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 675mm; 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 XLVIII.’ (top right)
‘C. Muller sec M. Woronin.del. PROTOSIPHON Lith.von Laue.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Protosiphon. There are seventeen diagrams. They are numbered from 1 to 17. All the diagrams are printed. They all have some parts coloured in orange or green.
The inscriptions are printed in the top right corner and across the bottom. ‘PROTOSIPHON’ is written, not printed though.
Pencil notation is at the bottom.
Stuck on label in the bottom right corner, with the reference number on it. There is also a reference number in the top right corner.

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