[left] El maiz. lamitad menor de loq[?] es segun su magno. natural. [right] Caña del maiz con su flor.
Creator 1:
Mal. Rodriguez
Creator 1 role:
sculps.
Place image published:
[Madrid]
Image publisher:
[Joachin Ibarra]
Image date:
17561768
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 4, following p. 96
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
13.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
16.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
19.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
29.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
[left] An ear of corn or maize with its silk or female flower. [right] Top of a cornstalk with its male flower or tassel.
Source creator:
Pluche, Noël Antoine, 1688-1761
Source Title:
[Spectacle de la nature. Spanish] Espectaculo de la naturaleza, o conversaciones acerca de las particularidades de la historia natural, ...
Source place of publication:
En Madrid
Source publisher:
En la Oficina de Joachin Ibarra, calle de las Urosas.
Source date:
17561768
notes:
Corn or maize, Zea mays, was domesticated in Central America.John Carter Library copy imperfect: all but vols. 4, 6-7 wanting. No date of imprint in vol. 4.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject headings:
Corn
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1961. Former collections: Diego Montero; Convento de S. Pedro de Alcantara, Guanajuato.
