Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 1126
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1737–1745)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: a. Paeonia mas ... b. P. bizantina ...
Taxon:
Paeonia Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39 x 25
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Published: Weinmann, J. W. 1737-1745. Phytanthoza Iconographia ... 8 vols. Regensburg: Hieronymum Lentzum. Pl. 777.
Printmaker: Haid, J. J. ?
Notes: After drawings by N. Asamin, G. D. Ehret and others
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Accession Number: 1127
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1737–1745)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Title: Palma coccifera ...
Taxon:
Elaeis N. L. Jacquin, Arecaceae alt. Palmae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39 x 25
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Published: Weinmann, J. W. 1737-1745. Phytanthoza Iconographia ... 8 vols. Regensburg: Hieronymum Lentzum. Pl. 782.
Printmaker: Haid. J. J. ?
Notes: After drawings by N. Asamin, G. D. Ehret and others
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Accession Number: 1128
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1737–1745)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Title: a. Papaya fructu ... b. P. arbor ...
Taxon:
Carica Linnaeus, Caricaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39 x 25
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Published: Weinmann, J. W. 1737-1745. Phytanthoza Iconographia ... 8 vols. Regensburg: Hieronymum Lentzum. Pl. 797.
Printmaker: Haid. J. J. ?
Notes: After drawings by N. Asamin, G. D. Ehret and others
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Accession Number: 1129
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1737–1745)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: a. Ricini spica ... b. Ricinus seu ... c. R. americanus ...
Taxon:
Ricinus Linnaeus, Euphorbiaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39 x 25
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Published: Weinmann, J. W. 1737-1745. Phytanthoza Iconographia ... 8 vols. Regensburg: Hieronymum Lentzum. Pl. 866.
Printmaker: Haid, J. J. ?
Notes: After drawings by N. Asamin, G. D. Ehret and others
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Accession Number: 1130
Artist Name: Moon, Henry G.
Life Span: (1857-1905)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Iris leichtlini
Taxon:
Iris, Iridaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31 x 23.5
Image Size: 31 x 23.5
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Published: for Garden (London) 1897 (18 Sep.).
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Accession Number: 1131
Artist Name: Hocquart, Édouard
Life Span: (1789?–1870?)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Fritillaire impériale
Taxon:
Fritillaria imperialis Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description: flowering stem, leave and details
Medium: stipple engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 22
Image Size: 28.5 x 20.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1821
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Published: Roques, Joseph, Phytographie Médicale: Ornée de Figures Coloriées de Grander Naturelle...(Paris, 1821[–24], v. 1, pl. 25 opp. p. 94)
Printmaker: Hocquart, Édouard Auguste Patrice
Notes: On HIBD print, the plate number has been scratched out and a blue watercolor wash applied around top of flower and around leaves
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Accession Number: 1132
Artist Name: Hocquart, Édouard
Life Span: (1789?–1870?)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: Glayeul commun
Taxon:
Gladiolus Linnaeus, Iridaceae
Description: flowering stem and leaves and detail
Medium: stipple engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 22
Image Size: 28.5 x 20.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1821
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Published: Roques, Joseph, Phytographie Médicale: Ornée de Figures Coloriées de Grander Naturelle ... (Paris, 1821[–1824], v. 1, pl. 36 opp. p. 128)
Printmaker: Hocquart
Notes: plate number is scratched off of HIBD copy
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Accession Number: 1133
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
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Taxon:
Fritillaria, Liliaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 21
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Accession Number: 1134
Artist Name: Rowe (Mrs.)
Life Span: (fl.1843)
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Title: The plantain (The dwarf plantain, Musa cavendishii)
Taxon:
Musa, Musaceae
Description: entire tree
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 45 x 28.5
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Notes: ''Presented to the Subscribers to the Cheltenham Examiner on Wednesday, March 1st, 1843.'' (b.c.).
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Accession Number: 1136
Artist Name: Weiss, A.
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Title: Gedeponeerd
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Description: cactus, etc.
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 43 x 29.5
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Printmaker: Steeud V. Desguerois en Co.
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Accession Number: 1137
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Plantago angustifolia
Taxon:
Plantago, Plantaginaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 14 Plantago angustifolia quinquenervia in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [this plate issued 1754])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text for tab. 14 [text pp. issued 1747] in vol. 1 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1138
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Alchimilla [sic]
Taxon:
Alchemilla, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 72 Alchimilla in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773-[this plate issued 1749])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 72 [text pp. issued 1749] in volume 1 of HI copy .
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Accession Number: 1139
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Anchusa
Taxon:
Anchusa, Boraginaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 112 Anchusa in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [this plate issued 1750-1752])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Some details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 112 [text pp. issued 1752-1754] in volume 2 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1140
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Centaurium minus
Taxon:
Centaurium, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 452 Centaurium minus in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [this plate issued 1758])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 452 [text pp. issued ?1760-1765] in volume 5 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1141
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Foeniculum
Taxon:
Foeniculum, Apiaceae alt. Umbelliferae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 288 Foeniculum in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [this plate issued 1752-1754])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Some details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse is an abbreviated version that was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 288 [text pp. issued 1758] in volume 3 of HI copy
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Accession Number: 1142
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Asphodelus luteus verus
Taxon:
Asphodelus, Liliaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 233 Asphodelus verus luteus or hasta Regia in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued1752-1754])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Some details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 233 [text pp. issued 1755-1757] in volume 3 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1143
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Polygonatum and Sigillum salomonis
Taxon:
Polygonatum, Liliaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 251 Polygonatum et Sigillum salomonis in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued1752-1754])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse is an abbreviated version that was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 251 [text pp. issued 1755-1757] in volume 2 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1144
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Dictamnus albus fraxinella
Taxon:
Dictamnus, Rutaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 75 Dictamnus albus fraxinella in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued 1749])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse is an abbreviated version that was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 75 [text pp. issued 1750-1752] in volume 1 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1145
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Fragaria
Taxon:
Fragaria, Rosaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 77 Fragaria in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued 1749])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 77 [text pp. issued 1749] in volume 1 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1146
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Nymphaea lutea
Taxon:
Nymphaea, Nymphaeaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 497a Nymphaea lutea in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued 1759])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Some details missing. Abbreviated, handwritten German text on reverse may be copied from the German text that appears as description for tab. 497a in volume 5 [text pp. issued ?1760-1765], in volume 5 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1147
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Dracontium
Taxon:
Araceae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 269 Dracontium in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued 1752-1754])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Some details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse is an abbreviated version that was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 269 [text pp. issued 1755-1757] in volume 3 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1148
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Mentha cablaria
Taxon:
Mentha, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: A very rough copy made from Pl. 455 Nepeta vel Mentha Cataria in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued 1758])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Three illegible handwritten German words on reverse may relate to German text that appears as description for tab. 455 [text pp. issued ?1750-1765] in volume 5 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1149
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Title: Mentha
Taxon:
Mentha Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 290 Mentha in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [this plate issued 1752-1754])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse is an abbreviated version that was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 290 [text pp. issued 1755-1757] in volume 3 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1150
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Betonia [sic] sylvestris
Taxon:
Betonica Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 46 Betonica in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued in 1748/49])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 46 [text pp. issued 1748-1749] in volume 1 of HI copy.
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Accession Number: 1151
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.mid-1700s?)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Marrubium nigrum
Taxon:
Marrubium Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20
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Notes: Copy made from Pl. 136 Marrubium nigrum Ballote in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued 1750-1752])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 136 [text pp. 1752-1754] in volume 2 of HI copy.
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