A plant (Mimosa bigemina Linn.): branch with flowers, pods and seeds and separate flower and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
- Date:
- [1686]
- Reference:
- 16100i
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Publication/Creation
[Amsterdam], [1686]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.4 x 41.6 cm
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Lettering
Kátu-Cónna Lat. ... Mal. Tambido-Bajo ... Bra. ... Arab.
Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet
Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Inga bigemina Willd Mimosa bigemina Linn. 57"
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16100i
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Location Status Access Closed stores