Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Selectarum stirpium Americanarum icones
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Accession number:
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09530
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Record number:
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09530-2
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JCB call number:
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J763 J21s / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Selectarum stirpium Americanarum icones
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Place image published:
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[Vienna]
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Image publisher:
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[ex officina Krausiana]
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Image date:
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[1763]
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.6 cm
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Image dimension width:
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17 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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35.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Native American man and woman flank a map of Caribbean islands. Decorative elements include fruit, plants and flowers, seashells, bow and arrow, bird, and native American artifact.
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Source creator:
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Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von, 1727-1817
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Source Title:
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Nicolai Josephi Jacquin Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores
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Source place of publication:
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Vindobonae [Vienna]
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Source publisher:
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ex officina Krausiana
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Source date:
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MDCCLXIII. [1763]
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notes:
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Jacquin, a Dutchman and professor of chemistry and botany at the University of Vienna, was appointed director of the celebrated Schönbrunn- and University gardens which under his directorship collected many plants from America.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1871.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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