M0001405: Reproduction of an illustration of "Leaves of the bark tree, of Tecamez"

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Black and white reproduction of "Leaves of the bark tree, of Tecamez", as captioned in Lambert, Aylmer Bourke (1761-1842): <i>An illustration of the genus Cinchona;comprising descriptions of all the officinal Peruvian barks, including several new species</i>. The illustration was reproduced as part of the facsimiles lent by The Linnean Society of London and exhibited in <i>Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930</i> hosted by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930. The illustration is described as one of "Eight of the original wash drawings of Cinchona species made by F. L. Bauer, for A. B. Lambert's "Description of the Genus Cinchona", facsimilies of" and is listed as exhibit no. 929 in the souvenir catalogue. An edition of this book is held by Wellcome Collection.

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M0001405: Reproduction of an illustration of "Leaves of the bark tree, of Tecamez"

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