M0001368: Reproduction of botanical specimens of "Cinchona Peruviana" sent by José Celestino Mútis (1732-1808) to Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), dated 24th September 1764, with additional page folded over to the right

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Specimens of cinchona peruviana.

Black and white reproduction of botanical specimens of cinchona peruviana sent by José Celestino Mútis (1732-1808) to Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), dated September 1764, with additional page folded over to the right. The specimen was possibly reproduced as part of the facsimiles exhibited in Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930 hosted by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930. The facsimile is possibly listed as exhibit no. 876[B] in the souvenir catalogue. The original specimen is held by The Linnean Society of London. Related images: M0001367

31 October 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a digitised version of the exhibition catalogue which this item was exhibited in

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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