Accession No

5661

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Ceratopteris: male prothallus, by L. Kny and Th. Waage, German

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

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

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 654mm; height 820mm

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 Pareyin Berlin.
S.W., 10 Hedemannstrasse.
Tafel XCVIII.’ (top right)
‘Th. Waage ad.nat.del. W.A.Meyn lith.Berlin S.’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Ceratopteris: male prothallus. A series of eight diagrams. They are all printed and partly coloured green. They are numbered from ‘1.’ to ‘8.’. One diagram is also labelled with letters.
Inscriptions printed in the top right corner and across the bottom.
Reference numbers in the top right and bottom right corners.

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