Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Rhexia glomerata]
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Accession number:
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06756
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Record number:
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06756-004
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JCB call number:
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G798 R851d
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Image title:
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[Rhexia glomerata]
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Place image published:
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[Copenhagen & Leipzig]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Heinrich Schubothe]
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Image date:
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[1798]
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Image function:
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plate 4; following p. 22
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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23.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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34.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.4 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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Description:
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Branches of the Rhexia glomerata plant with its leaves and flowers. Inlcudes details of flower and seed. Items are lettered for identification in explanatory table in text.
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Source creator:
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Rottbøll, Christen Friis, 1727-1797
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Source Title:
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Christiani Friis Rottböll anatomiae et botanices in Universitate Hafniensi profesoris. Descriptiones plantarum quarundam surinamensium, ...
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Source place of publication:
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Hafniae et Lipsiae [Copenhagen & Leipzig]
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Source publisher:
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Apud Iohannem Henricum Schubothe.
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Source date:
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1798
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notes:
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Rhexia glomerata has been identified as a member of the family Melastomataceae, perhaps Pterolepis glomerata. Describes plants collected by D. Rolander in Surinam. Image title from text.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.meemelink.com/prints%20pages/23970.Melastomataceae%20-%20Pterolepis%20glomerata.htm (April 2009)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1900.
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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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geographic area:
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Guianas
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Suriname
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