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A plant (Acalypha paniculata): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
- Reede tot Drakestein, Hendrik van, 1637?-1691
- Date
- [1685]
- Reference
- 16000i
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Publication/Creation
[Amsterdam], [1685]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.1 x 43.6 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Patsjotti Lat: ... Mal: ... Brah: ... Arab:
References note
See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21
J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986
Lettering note
Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet
Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. M. Holmes: "Acalypha paniculata 151"
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 16000i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
- Malayalam
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores