COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
35892
accession_no
35892
Accession number
false
Record number:
35892-44
record_number
35892-44
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E742 L114n
jcb_call_no
E742 L114n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Palma Christi ou Ricinus.
image_title
Palma Christi ou Ricinus.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Guillaume Cavelier]
image_publisher
[Guillaume Cavelier]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1742]
image_date
[1742]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 3, following p. 280
image_function
plate; vol. 3, following p. 280
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
16.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
9.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
9.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
Castorbean or castor-oil plant including leaves, roots, and flowers. Also includes detail of seed.
description
Castorbean or castor-oil plant including leaves, roots, and flowers. Also includes detail of seed.
Description
false
Source creator:
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
source_creator
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome troisième
source_title
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome troisième
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
source_publisher
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
source_date
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
Source date
false
notes:
An annual plant whose beans are extremely poisonous, but from which a medicinal oil is made. Scientific name: Ricinus communis.A French Dominican and missionary, Labat was sent to the West Indies from 1693 to 1706. He illustrated much of his work himself.
notes
An annual plant whose beans are extremely poisonous, but from which a medicinal oil is made. Scientific name: Ricinus communis.A French Dominican and missionary, Labat was sent to the West Indies from 1693 to 1706. He illustrated much of his work himself.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.hort.pur… (Mar. 2006)
references_
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Ricinus_communis.html (Mar. 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false