Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Diagrams on how to pack seeds and plants]
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Accession number:
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9939
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Record number:
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9939-2
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JCB call number:
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D770 E47d
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Image title:
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[Diagrams on how to pack seeds and plants]
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[L. Davis]
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Image date:
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[1770]
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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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20.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.1 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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English
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Description:
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Diagrams of casks and trunks fitted out to transport plants and seeds.
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Source creator:
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Ellis, John, 1710?-1776
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Source Title:
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Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East-Indies and other distant countires in a state of vegetation
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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printed; and sold by L. Davis, printer to the Royal Society, opposite Gray's-Inn, Holborn
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Source date:
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MDCCLXX [1770]
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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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 headings:
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Plants--Transportation
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